For These Teens in Mexico, Soccer Is Life. Now, the Cartels Want In.

The New York Times | June 29, 2026, 5 a.m. | Original
In Celaya, Mexico, local cartels have turned soccer fields into bloody battlefields as they have co-opted a local league for teenagers as their latest business endeavor.
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