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Saturday, 05 May 2007 |
 'A hand gesture declares this fan's affiliation with the Atlas club's Barra 51, one of several groups of young hooligans that encourage violence in and outside the Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara. ' - Photo By F. Sanchez It's a sunny, Sunday afternoon and Atlas has just beat Queretaro 2-0. Streaming out of the Jalisco Stadium, a sea of red and black team spirit chants and waves flags. But there is tension in the air. Hundreds of city police officers with helmets, shields and batons wait in the plaza outside. Atlas fans taunt the police. Then blue and black jerseys of Queretaro fans appear. "Losers! You'd better run!" shouts an anonymous face in the crowd. Someone throws a punch. Rocks and bottles fly, bones and lips break. |