WASHINGTON POST: At least 53 people were killed Thursday, officials said, when a northern Mexico casino was attacked by men who fired off guns and ignited drapes, rugs and furniture.
Some witnesses reported that the attackers threw grenades into the Casino Royale in Monterrey, while others said gasoline bombs started the fire. The flames trapped customers and staff in the building. A survivor told the Mexico City newspaper Reforma that many of the dead were crushed to death in a stampede for the emergency exits.
Nuevo Leon state Attorney General Leon Adrian de la Garza said authorities had located about 40 bodies “but we could find more.” Many appeared to have died from smoke inhalation. He said a drug cartel was apparently responsible for the attack… (more)
EDITOR: Huge profits from the trafficking of illegal drugs in the United States have led to a civil war in Mexico between the cartels and the authorities, with deaths and brutality increasing day by day.
