No heroes' welcome
NZPA-Reuter Mexico Citj Police dispersed angry socce fans who went to the airpor in Mexico City yesterday tr throw rotten tomatoes a Mexico’s soccer team, retuminj from its disastrous World Cu| performance in Argentina. The fans were not allowed t< get close enough to the player, to vent their feelings. A specia bus took the team away fron the aircraft, and only the man ager, Mr Jose Antonio Roca ■ spoke briefly to waiting report ers. Relatives of Mexican pla\en have received death threats as ; result of the succession of de feats in Argentina. A large number of riot police were a the airport to prevent trouble.
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Press, 15 June 1978, Page 6
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