Edson Alvarez denies kidnapping involvement

Mexico national soccer team captain Edson Alvarez denied allegations that he was involved in a kidnapping two years ago after entertainment magazine TV Notas printed accusations against him.

Businessman and television producer Juan Ordonez told TV Notas that he had been kidnapped in November 2024. He accused Alvarez's then father-in-law, Jonathan Toache, of orchestrating the abduction and claimed the West Ham midfielder was aware of the operation.

“I categorically reject any allegation or attempt to link my name to events, conflicts, or behaviors that are entirely unrelated to me,” Alvarez wrote on social media Thursday.

Ordonez alleged that the kidnapping took place after he demanded that Alvarez pay for a documentary about the footballer's career that had been filmed years earlier. He said financing for the film was being negotiated through Toache, and that the project fell through after the 2022 World Cup.

Ordonez also said he had real estate dealings with Toache and claimed that disputes from those transactions also motivated the alleged abduction.

Alvarez said in his social media post that it was not his place “to confirm, deny, or comment on what is said about third parties.” He played for Mexico in the 2018, 2022 and 2026 World Cups.