There are "currently no certainties regarding the futures" of Liga MX side Queretaro and Mexican second division club Delfines del Carmen, which are both owned by Amado Yáñez, according to Héctor González Villalba of LA AFICION. Yáñez's company, Oceanografia, is "under investigation and its headquarters have been seized by the Mexican government." What "is known is that Queretaro's goods have been taken over" by Mexico's Asset Management & Disposition Agency (SAE). The "trouble the clubs are facing is nothing new," as a "similar situation" occurred in April '04 when the SAE "forced Santos Laguna to enter administration while it faced fraud charges." Queretaro and Delfines "could be on a similar path." Article 1 of Mexico's Federal Law "authorizes the SAE to manage and re-distribute State goods and companies that are not productive." It is "expected that the SAE will determine the legal future of both clubs" (LA AFICION, 3/11). GOAL's Tom Marshall reported Queretaro is "in deep financial trouble," with Yáñez "unable to play wages in the midst of a fraud investigation." Liga MX President Decio de Maria "denied that Queretaro would be kicked out of the league following the financial scandal." De Maria: "Today we know that Queretaro and (second division side) Delfines have been legally seized by the Attorney General’s Office. Something similar has happened before with Santos and Leon. On those occasions there was no disaffiliation." It was the first statement from Liga MX about the situation in Queretaro. The "next step is unclear," with Queretaro "apparently scheduled to play its games -- including against Atlas in the Copa MX on Tuesday -- as usual." Mexican authorities are "likely to find an administrator to run the club temporarily, with the federation open to doing so if asked." De Maria: "We don’t have the responsibility or authority to sell the team. It is the responsibility of the SAE to find an administrator and if it is the FMF (Mexican Football Federation), we'd have to sit down and negotiate" (GOAL, 3/10).
