Mexican Cartels and the Pan American Games:
A Threat Assessment
The 2011 Pan American Games will be held in Guadalajara, Mexico, from
Oct. 14 through Oct. 30. The games will feature 36 different sports and
will bring more than 6,000 athletes and tens of thousands of spectators
to Mexico’s second-largest city. The Parapan American Games, for
athletes with physical disabilities, will follow from Nov. 12 to Nov.
20.
Like the Olympics, the World Cup or any other large sporting event,
planning for the Pan American Games in Guadalajara began when the city
was selected to host them in 2006. Preparations have included the
construction of new sports venues, an athletes’ village complex, hotels,
highway and road infrastructure, and improvements to the city’s mass
transit system. According to the coordinating committee, the
construction and infrastructure improvements for the games have cost
some $750 million. Read more »
