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Mexico seeks to declare Messi non-grata

Mexico seeks to declare Messi non-grata

A Mexican politician, Maria Clemente Garcia Moreno, has requested the country's parliament to declare Lionel Messi a 'person non-grata', after several images published on social networks where the Argentinian touches the jersey with the colors of the Mexican flag with his foot.

"The Chamber of Deputies of the Honorable Congress of the Union respectfully requests the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue the relevant statement to declare persona non grata within the territory of the United Mexican States to citizens of Argentine and Spanish nationality, Lionel Andres Messi Cucitini, due to of his apparent contempt and lack of respect for Mexico during the World Cup on Saturday, November 26, 2022," the document reads.