Four soccer games in Mexico were postponed after violence flared near Guadalajara, the host city for a potential Republic of Ireland versus South Korea World Cup clash later this year.
Heimir Halgrimmsson's side will take on Czech Republic in the World Cup play-off semi-finals in March, with Denmark or North Macedonia awaiting in the final five days later. Come through that, and they are scheduled to play at the Estadio Guadalajara on 11 June.
The outbreak in violence came in the wake of a military operation on Sunday that left cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera 'El Mencho' dead.
Oseguera, 60, mastermind of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), died in custody after being injured in a special forces operation on Mexico's Pacific coast in Jalisco state, according to the defense ministry.
The Mexican league said on its social media pages that two top-tier games scheduled for Sunday - Queretaro v FC Juarez in the men’s league and Chivas v America in the women's league - had been postponed indefinitely.
Two second division matches scheduled for Sunday were also called off, local media reported.
Sunday's women's match between Necaxa and Queretaro in Aguascalientes was suspended when players fled the pitch after hearing loud noises outside Estadio Victoria, which media reports described as gunshots. The match later resumed, with Necaxa winning 2-1.
This year's World Cup is scheduled to be held in the USA, Canada and Mexico from Thursday 11 June to Sunday 19 July. If the Boys in Green do make it they'd also face South Africa in Atlanta and the co-hosts Mexico in Mexico City.
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