2011 Estadio Corona shooting
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| Date | 20 August 2011 |
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| Location | Estadio Corona Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico |
| Non-fatal injuries | 1 |
The shootings outside the Estadio Corona occurred on August 20, 2011, during a football match between Santos Laguna and Monarca Morelia, corresponding to the sixth round of the Liga MX Apertura Tournament.[1] The match was suspended in the 40th minute of the first half, after gunshots were heard in the vicinity of the stadium, piercing several windows of the venue and causing panic among those present.[2][3]
The incident was one of the darkest episodes in Mexican football, and it sparked a debate about stadium security, as it was the first time a league match had been suspended since the start of the war on drugs in 2006,[4] which was at its peak, at least in the north of the country.[5] Nobody inside the stadium was injured but one policeman outside the stadium was injured.[6]
The Estadio Corona recorded one of its best attendances since its inauguration in 2009. In the first half, Morelia had possession of the ball and forwards Miguel Sabah and Rafael Márquez Lugo tried to break the nets of the Santos team, without success.[5]
Forty minutes after the first half ended, gunshots were heard outside the stadium. Players from both teams ran towards the locker rooms.[5] Terrified by this, the goalkeeper of the Purépecha team, Federico Vilar, ran towards one of the tunnels of the stadium in what was one of the most remembered images of that day, which caused the referee Francisco Chacón to stop the match.[7][8][9]