{"id":520598,"date":"2026-08-10T11:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/?p=520598"},"modified":"2026-08-10T11:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:33:27","slug":"messi-was-threatened-with-death-multiple-times-during-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/messi-was-threatened-with-death-multiple-times-during-2026-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi was threatened with death multiple times during 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several people reportedly contacted police with threats to kill <strong>Argentina captain Lionel Messi<\/strong> during the 2026 World Cup, according to <em>Marca<\/em>, which cited a leaked FBI report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the reported threats came before Argentina&#8217;s match against Jordan in Dallas on June 27. According to the report, a man allegedly called a local airport and claimed he planned to enter the stadium with two other people carrying homemade bombs and an AR-15 rifle, with Messi identified as his target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another serious threat was reported ahead of Argentina&#8217;s match against Egypt in Atlanta on July 7. According to <em>Marca<\/em>, one suspect posted on social media that he intended to enter the stadium and attack Messi with four bombs attached to his body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the same match, another person reportedly called police claiming that a bomb had been placed in a trash bin in the stadium stands. Police dogs searched the area but <strong>found no explosive device<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reported threats were investigated by authorities, although the information available in the cited report does not establish that any of the alleged plans progressed beyond threats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several people reportedly contacted police with threats to kill Argentina captain Lionel Messi during the 2026 World Cup, according to Marca, which cited a leaked FBI report. One of the reported threats came before Argentina&#8217;s match against Jordan in Dallas on June 27. According to the report, a man allegedly called a local airport and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":520599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40943,6],"tags":[15222,17344],"class_list":["post-520598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","category-sports","tag-fifa","tag-messi"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bqK","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/6a79dcc259bf5b69926747b2.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Football","Sports"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/6a79dcc259bf5b69926747b2.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}