Mexico City, March 6, 2026 (AFP) - Mexico unveils 100,000-strong security deployment for World Cup: govt

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Mexico will deploy 100,000 police, military and private security forces to secure the 13 games it will host during this summer's football World Cup, the government said Friday. Mexico is co-hosting the biggest World Cup in history, along with the United States and Canada, from June 11 to July 19. The government unveiled its security plan less than two weeks after an explosion of violence in Guadalajara, one of the three host cities, triggered by......

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