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Ecuador Files FIFA Complaint Over Mexican Fan Riot

7/1/2026

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**Ecuador Files Complaint**

Ecuadorian Football Federation filed a formal complaint with FIFA over Mexican fans' disruptive actions outside the team hotel before the Round of 32 match.
Fans played loud music, chanted slogans and launched fireworks from the roof, prompting riot police to arrive around midnight.
Coach Sebastián Beccacece said the team arrived three hours and 20 minutes late after a nine-hour travel from Columbus, Ohio, and will compete despite fatigue.

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**FIFA sanctions**

Organizers will increase security at team hotels and tighten fan-access rules after the night-long noise campaign.
The ambush was organized via social-media posts that called fans to the Westin Hotel in Santa Fe.
FIFA may sanction groups linked to the disruptive serenade, creating a precedent for future World Cups.
Coaches will tweak rotation, recovery and mental-focus plans to offset any residual effects of the disturbance.

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**Mexico cuts ties**

Diplomatic ties broke after Ecuador’s April 2024 raid on Mexico’s Quito embassy and asylum for former Vice President Jorge Glas.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico will not renew relations with Ecuador while President Daniel Noboa stays in office.
Fox Sports host Ana Valero urged fans to bring serenades, firecrackers and noisemakers to the Westin hotel, recalling the 1970 World Cup incident when Mexican supporters stormed England’s hotel in Guadalajara.

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**Ecuador Files Complaint**

Ecuadorian Football Federation filed a formal complaint with FIFA over Mexican fans' disruptive actions outside the team hotel before the Round of 32 match.
Fans played loud music, chanted slogans and launched fireworks from the roof, prompting riot police to arrive around midnight.
Coach Sebastián Beccacece said the team arrived three hours and 20 minutes late after a nine-hour travel from Columbus, Ohio, and will compete despite fatigue.

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