The board of directors of America disassociated themselves from responsibility for the events that led to the prohibition of playing this Saturday against Pachuca with an audience in the stands of the Ciudad de los Deportes Stadium, as the authorities claim overstepping their powers to organize their match.

According to the facts, the Benito Juarez Mayor's Office published a statement in which it held America responsible for having closed Indiana Street as part of its operation in organizing the match of its Liga Femenil MX team, for which it applied the corresponding sanctions that will affect the realization of the match against Pachuca this Saturday corresponding to the 7th date of the Liga MX by preventing access to the public.

In response to this sanction, the Ollamani Group, which manages the administrative destinies of Club America and the Azteca Stadium (now Banorte), published the following statement: “We regret that the Benito Juarez Mayor's Office intends to affect the fans of Mexican soccer.”

At the same time, they clarified the following regarding the overreach of security personnel:

In reference to the overreach of America's security personnel, the club has responded:

Due to all of these events, America publicly requested that: "I hope the local authorities rectify this arbitrary act. If it affects the fans, we reserve the right to take legal action." They added that the mayor, Luis Mendoza Acevedo, also made a post on social media regarding this situation.

The sanction of the Benito Juarez Mayor's Office

Prior to America's response, the authorities of the Benito Juarez mayor's office announced that due to the overstepping of powers, the match this coming Saturday between the Aguilas del America and the Tuzos de Pachuca, on matchday 7 of the 2024 Apertura tournament, must be held behind closed doors.

Faced with all these facts,Several versions have begun to circulate in the media, pointing to certain interests of the Mayor of Benito Juarez, as TUDN analyst David Faitelson did.