World Cup police logs reveal man who sought princesa Leonor | OneFootball

According to El Periódico Mediterráneo, the FBI ran the IPCC during the World Cup, coordinating international policing and logging terror alerts, threats to players, violent fans and other incidents involving Spain.

The most unexpected case saw a caucasian man, aged over fifty, repeatedly ask after princesa Leonor de Borbón at a Houston hotel. He was arrested and later found to have mental health problems, telling officers he needed to see her urgently because he intended to marry her.

On six July, a user on X threatened a suicide attack at Spain v Portugal in Dallas. Investigators identified an underage girl in Southeast Asia. On seven July, a Los Angeles hotel due to host Spain received a credible bomb threat, prompting FBI and canine searches before the squad entered.

FIFA and the command centre tracked Spanish fan groups Marea Roja and Furia Española. The FBI recalled islamophobic chants during Spain v Egypt on 31 March in Barcelona and warned of possible xenophobic or political chants such as Gibraltar español. FIFA later logged a discriminatory chant during Spain v Uruguay, attributed to Mexican spectators, plus a homophobic insult in Spanish during Spain v Saudi Arabia.

Two Spaniards were detained, one for selling forged tickets, another for a late pitch invasion during Argentina v England, with no Islamist or ultra links found. The reports also weighed geopolitics around Felipe VI’s visit to Spain v Uruguay in Guadalajara, noting a meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum eased tensions and his escorted, routine airport departure.

Source: El Periódico Mediterráneo

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