Mexico 5, Guatemala 2
Francisco Fonseca scored four goals as Mexico defeated Guatemala 5-2 on Saturday in a CONCACAF World Cup qualifier, damaging Guatemala’s chances for making the tournament.
Mexico and the United States already have qualified for the 2006 World Cup, and Costa Rica claimed the third berth Saturday by beating the Americans at home.
The fourth-place team in the region - likely Guatemala or Trinidad and Tobago - will face either Bahrain or Uzbekistan in a two-game playoff.
But Guatemala’s loss in this central Mexican city handed Trinidad and Tobago a two-point advantage going into the final round Wednesday. Guatemala plays at home against Costa Rica, while Trinidad and Tobago hosts Mexico.
Guatemala seized a lead about a minute into the match on a shot by Carlos Ruiz off a pass from the wing by Gonzalo Romero.
Guillermo Franco tied the score in the 20th minute with a soft right-footed short past goalie Miguel Klee, who was isolated by a pass from Fonseca.
Mexico pulled away in the second half with a virtuoso performance by Fonseca, who headed in a goal in the 48th minute and beat Klee with a fake to score in the 52nd.
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Mexico post victory over Guatemala; Trinidad & Tobago tops Panama on Match Day 9
Mexico posted a victory over Guatemala, while Trinidad & Tobago topped Panama in encounters in San Luis Potosi and Ciudad de Panamá, respectively, during Match Day 9 of the CONCACAF Final Round of World Cup Qualification on Saturday evening.
Jose Francisco Fonseca scored four times, while Guillermo Franco added another for Mexico (7-1-1, 22 Points) in the 5:2 victory over Guatemala (2-5-2, 8 Points) at the Estadio Potosino Alfonso Lastras.
Meanwhile, Stern John had the only goal of the match for Trinidad & Tobago (3-5-1, 10 Points)
Mexico's most wanted man may be in Guatemala-police
Mexico's most wanted man, drug lord Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, may have entered neighboring Guatemala where police are searching for him, authorities said on Friday.
"We have not yet determined if he is here, but we have evidence that leads us to believe he is inside our territory," Guatemala's anti-drug police chief Adan Castillo told a news conference.
Guzman has been sought in Mexico since he escaped from a high-security jail in 2001. He has engaged in a fierce war with rival drug barons that has killed more than 1,000 people this year.
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Mexico defeated Jamaica 1-0 and South Africa held out Guatemala 1-1 on Wednesday to close out Group C play of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition.
Mexico finished first in Group C with six points, ahead of South Africa on five and Jamaica on four. Guatemala is now eliminated from the competition after coming last with one point.
In the quarterfinals, Jamaica will play the United States on Saturday, while Mexico faces Colombia and South Africa takes on Panama on Sunday.
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Emergency in Guatemala, Mexico and El Salvador: Luck Mervil Supports Efforts to Provide Assistance to Hurricane Stan Victims Who Have Been Forgotten by International Aid
The committee to aid Hurricane Stan victims, represented by Mario Rene Henández, treasurer of the Canada-Guatemala chamber of commerce, Ana Gloria Blanch, director of the Centre d'aide aux familles immigrantes (Mexico), Ramon Quintanilla, director of the CEDESAL chamber of commerce (El Salvador), Marcel Tremblay, special advisor to Mayor Gerald Tremblay and responsible for intercultural relations for the City of Montreal, Paolo Tamburello, mayor of the Villeray - Saint-Michel - Parc Extension borough, Luck Mervil, spokesperson
Hurricane Stan leaves 231 dead in Central America, Mexico
Rescue workers in Guatemala said they pulled at least 40 bodies from a massive mudslide and found 20 more dead in a swollen river, raising to at least 231 the number of people killed from five days of pounding rains after Hurricane Stan hit Central America and Mexico.
Officials expected the death to toll to climb as they searched for more than 150 others who were missing following the landslide in Solola, a town close to Lake Atitlan, 100 kilometres west of the capital, Guatemala City.
Along the country's Pacific coast, the Nahualate
Stan Hits Central America and Mexico, 231 Deaths
The number of casualties because of hurricane Stan in Central America and Mexico has risen to 231.
Search and rescue teams in Guatemala have taken 40 bodies from the debris of a landslide caused by the hurricane and in a small coastal village 20 more people died in another landslide, reported the country’s civilian defense spokesman Benedicto Giron.
Along with the corpses found in Guatemala, the total number of hurricane victims is 231 including the death toll in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras and Mexico.
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CONCACAF Recap: Costa Rica Clinch; Mexico, T&T Win
Costa Rica 3, USA 0
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