Argentina's Olympic football team robbed in Mexico

Argentina's Olympic football team complained on Friday that cash and electronics were stolen from its players’ hotel rooms while they were playing a friendly in Mexico

Puebla (Mexico): Argentina's Olympic football team complained on Friday that cash and electronics were stolen from its players’ hotel rooms while they were playing a friendly in Mexico.

Claudio Tapia, the vice-prez of AFA

Argentina Football Association (AFA) vice president Claudio Tapia said the theft took place when Mexico and the South American team played to a 0-0 draw in the central city of Puebla on Thursday night.

Big shock
It was the last preparation game before both countries compete in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, which start next Friday. “When we returned at 11:40 pm and went up to the rooms, we realised that they had been robbed,” Tapia said, without specifying how much money was taken.

Tapia complained of a 'total lack of respect' in the way the issue was handled.

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