Two men have been arrested after a gang who robbed an ATM in the city of Sorocaba traded gunshots with police outside the Honduras team hotel in Porto Feliz, a team spokesman said.
The Honduran delegation filed complaints with FIFA and the World Cup organizing committee over the incident, in which six shots were heard at around 2 am Monday.
Honduras team security chief Saul Bueso Mazariegos said he learned of the arrests during a routine meeting with police on Tuesday.
The incident had nothing to do with the Honduras team, he added.
The team had arrived at their hotel just two hours before the shootout, after their 3-0 defeat to France.
“The shots did not hit the hotel. We heard them from inside, they were coming from the street,” Bueso Mazariegos said.
Honduras requested security reinforcements, which were increased from the 40 police officers who travelled with them to a total of 50.
Sorocaba, and Porto Feliz 58 kilometres away, are both in the state of Sao Paulo.
Source : Sapa-dpa /lg
