October 16, 1996, the fifth day of September (Rat) Guatemala soccer field massacre. Guatemalan soccer field


the massacre site
1996 8:00 pm October 16, Guatemala, Guatemala City, the capital of Matteo flower Stadium will be held in a Guatemala vs Costa Rica 1998 World Cup North, Central American and Caribbean qualifying. Before the start, the venue confusion caused due to the ball game organizers excess Offer 10,000 tickets. Audience crowding, stampede, resulting in 80 deaths, more than 300 people were injured. Tragedy, is the stadium ready to watch the game, the President of Guatemala Alvaro - Arzu immediately went to the center of the field, proposed that the observed one minute of silence in the audience. Subsequently, President Arzu announced three days of national mourning and canceled the game.