Overview
- Police confirmed Tuesday that they found 59 explosive devices on a bus carrying arriving demonstrators, the Interior Ministry said.
- Thousands of protesters from a CNTE splinter group blocked the main access to Mexico City's Azteca Stadium in the run-up to the tournament's opening match.
- The CNTE faction began the strike to demand higher teacher pay and to oppose a proposed pension reform, and it has set up tent camps and barricades in the historic center.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum called the actions a provocation and said the World Cup opening would be guaranteed while authorities press for de-escalation.
- Federal officials plan large security deployments for the event, with roughly 100,000 personnel expected, as relatives of missing people, farmers and truckers join protests that could disrupt travel and fan access.