In an attempt to ease tensions among rival cartels in the Cieneguillas prison, authorities organized a New Year’s Eve soccer match between Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel. What was supposed to be a friendly game took a shocking turn when a heated tackle in the penalty box triggered an all-out gunfight.
It took prison staff and the National Guard over three hours to bring this chaotic showdown to an end, leaving 16 people dead and five seriously wounded. The bigger question, though, remains: how did those guns make their way onto the soccer field? Click to read the unbelievable story of the prison’s wild kick-off!
