MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s national soccer federation has suspended Carlos Vela and Efrain Juarez for six months and fined 11 other players for violating its code of conduct.
The players threw a party at the team hotel in Monterrey after an exhibition match against Colombia on Sept. 7.
The sanctions were announced at a news conference Tuesday by Nestor de La Torre, the director of national team selections for Mexico. He said Vela, who plays for Arsenal in the English Premier League, and Juarez, who plays for Celtic in Scotland, violated four rules from the code of conduct.
The players fined were Rafael Marquez, Javier Hernandez, Giovanni dos Santos, Guillermo Ochoa, Francisco Rodriguez, Carlos Salcido, Andres Guardado, Gerardo Torrado, Pablo Barrera, Hector Esqueda and Hector Moreno.
