MEXICO CITY - Mexicans welcomed the NFL's return to their country Monday in a fiesta atmosphere, wearing sombreros and skull masks but also wondering why the league waited so long to come back. "It took too long to come back," said Garcia, who goes to one NFL game a year in the United States with friends. - 'We're good fans' -American football has been played in Mexico for about a century, with university teams drawing big crowds. "This event can show that not everything is bad in Mexico, that we're good fans," said Ortiz, referring to the drug violence and corruption afflicting the country. "The good thing about sports is that it's a refuge for everybody," said Ricardo Merigo, a 40-year-old businessman from Mexico City wearing a Raiders jersey.

Source: Bangkok Post November 22, 2016 00:45 UTC