Mexico said Friday it would deploy nearly 100,000 security personnel to protect fans at the football World Cup in three host cities, one of which, Guadalajara, has been plagued by cartel violence.

Mexico is co-hosting the biggest World Cup in history, along with the United States and Canada, from June 11 to July 19.

Guadalajara, capital of Jalisco state, Mexico City and the northeastern city of Monterrey will host 13 games between them, including opening match on June 11 at Azteca Stadium in the capital.

President Claudia Sheinbaum unveiled the country’s security plan less than two weeks after an explosion of violence in Guadalajara, and other parts of the country, triggered by the death of a notorious drug lord.

Mexico City and Monterrey were spared by the violence.

Sheinbaum presented her plan at a military base in Zapopan, a suburb of Guadalajara, which was rocked by the killing of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, leader of the fearsome Jalisco New Generation Cartel (JNGC) in an army raid on February 22.

Oseguera was Mexico’s most wanted man and was also sought by the United States, which had a $15 million bounty on him.

He was buried Monday in a gold-colored coffin in a cemetery near the military base in Zapopan.

After news of his death broke, members of his cartel went on the rampage.

They blocked roads in 20 of Mexico’s 32 states and torched vehicles and businesses, including in Guadalajara and the Jalisco tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta.

Over 70 people were killed during the operation to capture Oseguera and subsequent clashes between the security forces and JNGC gunmen.

Both FIFA and Sheinbaum have said that the violence has no bearing on the World Cup and that visiting fans have nothing to fear.