Along side Jonathan dos Santos, Nestor Vidrio, Javier Cortes, David Cabrera, Nestor Claderon, Israel Jimenez, Jorge Hernandez and Marco Fabian have also been sent home. Mexico, who decided to send an under-22 side to the Copa America in order to rest their stars, still have time to replace the players ahead of their first match in the tournament.
This is the second time in a month that a group of Mexican players have been sent home from a tournament. The first group of suspended players failed a drug test as part of the Gold Cup earlier this month. This time around, the suspended players will be out for 6 months and fined $3,000 after news of their alleged sex scandal broke.
Mexican officials would not go into details over the nature of the incident only saying that the rules had been broken and they needed to act. The story broke none-the-less thanks to a television station getting a hold of security camera footage from the teams hotel. The tapes show a member of the side's staff escorting women into the player's rooms. Players were not allowed to have females in their rooms resulting in the rule breaking that Mexico team director Hector Gonzalez Inarritu spoke off.
Mexico, whose decision to send a young side to the Copa likely stated their intentions in the tournament, will be forced to replace the 8 players which includes a couple players who are important parts of the team. If Mexico had any intention to compete for the Copa America crown just weeks after capturing the CONCACAF Gold Cup, their chances most surely have taken a big hit after the revelation of this sex scandal.
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