Body found outside Tijuana stadium where Iran team is training for World Cup
Summary
Mexican police found a dead body in a car trunk near the stadium where Iran’s national soccer team is training in Tijuana. Iran is using Tijuana as a base for the World Cup due to visa delays and travel limits and will play its first match in Los Angeles on June 15.Key Facts
- The corpse was discovered on Friday in a parking lot near Tijuana’s Estadio Caliente stadium.
- The body was inside a bag in the trunk of a gray car, which police opened because of a bad smell.
- Iran’s soccer team trains in Tijuana because of visa and travel issues affecting their staff and coaches.
- Originally, Iran planned to train in Tucson, Arizona but moved due to security worries after a war began in Iran in February.
- Iran wanted to move its World Cup games from the U.S. to Mexico but was unsuccessful.
- Iran’s group matches include games against New Zealand, Belgium, and Egypt, all in U.S. stadiums.
- Tijuana is one of Mexico’s most violent cities but recently had fewer homicides than the previous year.
- The city is near the U.S. border and is known for drug smuggling and hosting many migrants blocked from entering the U.S.
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