“More than five million people are expected” in Mexico City, said Interior Minister Rosa Icela Rodriguez during the presentation of the program and the organizing committee on Wednesday. Government and local authorities work together “to ensure that experience is safe and fluid,” she said.
The legendary Aztec stadium, which has already welcomed two World Cup finals (in 1970 and 1986), is being renovated with a work envelope of more than $ 100 million. He “will be ready” for the opening match on June 11, said the director general of the stadium, Felix Aguirre.
Faced with security concerns, in a country in the grip of criminal violence, the mayor of Mexico City, Clara Brugada, announced that 40,000 new cameras would be acquired, bringing their total to 123,000.
-“We will be the most supervised city of all the Americas,” she said.
The organizers called for a World Cup free from homophobia, racism and other attacks on civil freedoms.
FIFA, the World Football Organization Organizing Competition, has repeatedly sanctioned Mexico for homophobic songs of supporters in the stadiums.
