Jump to navigation. Mexico football team has been hit by a fresh controversy after a magazine claimed that the national players held a farewell party with 30 prostitutes ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup.
According to the Mexican magazine TV Notas, several players were visited by the prostitutes after their victory over Scotland in an international friendly. The farewell party was held in Las Lomas, an upscale neighbourhood in Mexico City, after the footballers were given the night off.
The national football federation has however refused to take any action against the footballers. Mexican Football Federation's general secretary Guillermo Cantu said the players can't be punished as they held the party during their free time.
This is not the first time Mexican footballers have landed themselves in trouble with prostitutes. In , several players were fined after they were found partying with women after a match in Monterrey. Efrain Juarez and Carlos Vela also received a ban of six months from selection.
In , eight members of the team were suspended for six months after it emerged that they hired escorts in a hotel in Quito, Ecuador shortly before the Copa America. The Mexican team is currently in Denmark where they are scheduled to play a friendly against the host nation on Saturday.
