CONMEBOL reiterated in a statement Thursday night that it plans to play a Copa America in honor of its 100th anniversary and include CONCACAF teams in the tournament.

The statement comes on the heels of Argentine outlets reporting the tournament would move to Mexico, reports CONMEBOL interim president Juan Angel Napout refuted on Thursday evening. Chile and Ecuador also have been reported as potential host nations for the event in recent weeks.

"Representatives of CONMEBOL and of CONCACAF, headed by its president Mr. Alfredo Hawit, will meet next Thursday, September 17 in Mexico City to analyze how the organizations will join together to organize the Copa Centenario which will be celebrated in 2016," a statement on its official site read. "Both institutions maintain the firm purpose of seeing out the tournament in commemoration of the 100 years of since the founding of the South American Confederation of Football (CONMEBOL in its Spanish initials), which will be July 9 of next year."

Speculation about the site of the 2016 Copa America begin to swirl after the U.S. Department of Justice issued indictments for a number of soccer officials in the Americas after an investigation into wire fraud, racketeering, and money laundering cases. Executives from a marketing and media rights agency involved in putting on the Copa America Centenario also were indicted. The cases are yet to be heard in U.S. court.

A Copa America was contested in June 2015, with Chile taking the prize in front of its home fans. The 2016 edition would take place outside the normal cycle for the event, which is typically played every four years. When announced, organizers said all 10 of CONMEBOL's members plus six teams from CONCACAF, including the United States, Mexico and Costa Rica, would take part.