India, June 16 -- A Mexican engineer has apologised and lost his leadership role in a professional engineering association after a video showed him making a racist gesture towards a South Korean football fan during a World Cup match in Guadalajara.

The man was identified as Ulises Fernando Bernal Miramontes, who was serving as president of the College of Geomatics and Topographic Surveying Engineers of the State of Jalisco (CITGEJ).

The controversy began when South Korean YouTuber Yoon Su-jin, better known online as Ino Cat, shared a video from the South Korea vs Czech Republic FIFA World Cup match held at Estadio Akron last week, BBC reported.

In the clip, Bernal, who was seated behind her, appeared to look at the camera and pull the ...