They left their bags because they were required to. They were promised they would be safe. And they found them like this.
A video spreading rapidly on social media shows the scene: dozens of bags and purses belonging to 2026 World Cup fans piled up next to garbage bags and waste, with no order, no real security, no kind of control. Among the people seen in the footage, a woman frantically rummages through the pile looking for her Louis Vuitton purse — one of the details that most fueled outrage online. The reason those items were outside is simple: FIFA prohibits entry with bags larger than 30 × 30 × 15 centimeters, allowing only small purses or transparent bags of specific dimensions. Because of that rule, fans were told that their belongings would be kept safe while they enjoyed the match.
The result was this chaos. Because one thing is implementing a security measure, and something very different is treating people’s belongings as if they were trash. 😳