On March 6, Beijing time, a serious large-scale violence broke out in a Mexican football match, and the melee of fans spread from the stands to the stadium, eventually resulting in 26 people being injured and 3 fans in critical condition.
By the 62nd minute of the match, Querétaro was trailing Atlas 1-0 at home, followed by several fierce clashes between fans in the stands, with security guards having to open the front door to the stadium so that some fans, including women and children, could quickly escape the violence.
Some of Atlas players fled to the dressing room in the face of a bad situation, while others from Queretaro stayed on the sidelines while trying to calm down the angry fans.
But that still didn't help, and the fans of the subsequent scuffle kept going from the stands to the pitch, forcing the game to pause, with angry fans punching and kicking each other, including attacking each other with chairs and iron bars.
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Many of the fans who had been knocked unconscious were robbed on the spot, their clothes were stripped off, some were robbed, and some people took out knives and cut the net of the goal.
Many fans and spectators fled the stadium, and some helpless parents tried to protect his children, taking them to flee the scene and having to take off their children's jerseys on the way to escape being beaten.
The local Civic Protection Agency of the State of Querétaro said:
"So far, no deaths have been reported, but 23 people have been injured, 9 of whom have been taken to hospital for rescue, 3 of whom are seriously injured. In addition, all the injured people were men, and it has been confirmed that 4 people are from the state of Jalisco. ”
Meanwhile, The Governor of Queretaro, Mauricio Curry, condemned the clashes and said that the perpetrators would be severely punished with facial recognition systems. What's more, FIFA has been asked to strip Mexico of hosting the 2026 World Cup.