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news Scmp World 2026-06-14

Chinese football fans robbed at gunpoint in Mexico

Two Chinese nationals were victims of an armed carjacking upon arriving in Mexico City for the World Cup and have since returned home.


Two Chinese football fans were carjacked shortly after arriving in Mexico to watch the World Cup. The Chinese embassy said one suspect had been arrested while the two victims had returned to China on Friday after less than 48 hours in the country. State news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday that the two men, identified only by their surnames Wang and Li, had landed at Mexico City International Airport on Wednesday evening. Two masked motorbike riders held up their car at gunpoint near the...

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