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Mexico players sent home after scandal
8 Mexico internationals hv been sent home just days b4 the start of the Copa America aft being caught up in an alleged sex scandal @ the team's training camp.
The Mexican Football Federation (FMF) confirmed tat Jonathan dos Santos, Nestor Vidrio, Javier Cortes, David Cabrera, Nestor Claderon, Israel Jimenez, Jorge Hernandez & Marco Fabian had all been sent home 4 violating team rules but would not go in2 further detail.
Mexico team director Hector Gonzalez Inarritu said: "The rules were broken, the code of discipline was broken & I hv 2 act."
Although FMF officials would not be pressed on the intricacies, news reports in Mexico said the incidents involved players having female guests in their rooms.
The misdemeanours came 2 light aft other members of the squad reported tat some personal items, including laptops, iPads, mobile phones & cash, had been stolen fr their rooms.
Hotel staff denied they had taken the items & blamed the robberies on girls taken back 2 hotel rooms who worked in the sex industry.
Aft an investigation, CCTV footage provided by the hotel subsequently showed a member of the Mexican side's staff chaperoning women in2 the players' rooms.
"We hv videos of the women going in2 the rooms, brought in by a team manager of the Mexican national side," hotel manager Robert Ramia said.
The ejected players hv been banned for 6 months & fined £3,000 each. The octet r expected 2 be quickly replaced with the Copa America due 2 start on July 1 in La Plata, Argentina, where the hosts play Bolivia.
Mexico opted 2 send an Under-22 side 2 the tournament in order to rest the star players who won the Gold Cup with a 4-2 win over the USA tis weekend.
El Tri beat Ecuador 1-0 on Saturday in their final warm-up match b4 the Copa America & the incidents r reported 2 hv taken place in Quito aft the match.
"The players confessed," Gonzalez said. "They r very hurt, very sorry & they hv said they r sorry 2 their fans...They are assuming the consequences."
Mexico's 1st game is on July 4 against Chile in Group C, which also includes Peru & Uruguay.