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Thu, Aug 25 2011 Casino attack in Mexico's Monterrey kills 53 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Syrian protesters chant "Bye Gaddafi, Bashar next" Thu, Aug 25 2011 Israel-Gaza attacks stoke tension with Cairo Sat, Aug 20 2011 Suicide bomber kills at least 47 in Pakistan Fri, Aug 19 2011 Syrian tanks shell Latakia, death toll reaches 36 Tue, Aug 16 2011 Bombs, attacks hit Iraqi cities, at least 60 dead Mon, Aug 15 2011 Analysis & Opinion Yet another Bridge to Nowhere? The upside downside of social media protests Related Topics World » Mexico » 1 of 2. Smoke billows out of a building housing a casino as firefighters try to extinguish the fire after an attack in Monterrey August 25, 2011. Armed men killed at least 20 people in an attack on a casino in northern Mexico that left the building ablaze with gamblers trapped inside, officials said on Thursday. People remained stuck inside the Casino Royale building in Monterrey, a prosperous city 140 miles (230 km) from the Texas border that has suffered from increasing criminal violence in recent months. Credit: Reuters/Victor Hugo Valdivia By Victor Hugo Valdivia MONTERREY, Mexico | Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:27am EDT MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Masked gunmen killed at least 53 people at a casino in northern Mexico on Thursday, leaving it ablaze with patrons trapped inside in one of the worst attacks in a major Mexican city in years. Analysts and officials said the brazen assault had all the hallmarks of drug cartels that have plunged Monterrey and other parts of Mexico into a spiral of violence. A survivor said the armed men burst into the Casino Royale in the prosperous industrial city of Monterrey on Thursday afternoon and threatened gamblers before spraying gasoline on the carpets and setting it on fire. "My wife came here for a celebration," a weeping man told Milenio TV. "She was having dinner with her friends." One witness said people stampeded after hearing blasts soon after the attack began. Many patrons ran to hide in the toilets but died from asphyxiation as smoke engulfed the building, a rescue official said. Rodrigo Medina, governor of Nuevo Leon state, told the Televisa network that 53 people were killed and rescue teams warned the death toll could rise. Media reports said the majority of those killed were women. Monterrey, 230 km (140 miles) from the Texas border, is a relatively wealthy city of about 4 million people and was for years seen as a model of economic development. But lawlessness has taken its toll as Mexico's drug war has escalated. President Felipe Calderon called the attack a "barbaric act of terror" and vowed to keep fighting organized crime. About 42,000 people have been killed in the drug war across Mexico since Calderon took office in late 2006 and deployed troops against the drug cartels. Alberto Islas, a security expert at consultancy Risk Evaluation, said Thursday's carnage showed Calderon's strategy had failed to curb the power of the cartels. "The impunity and lack of investigation were the most obvious incentives for the criminals to carry out this act of violence," Islas said. "At the end of the day, they know nothing will be done about it." CHAOTIC SCENES Rival drug gangs are fighting for control of Monterrey and routinely extort casinos and other businesses, threatening attacks if the owners refuse to pay. Televisa said up to 20 more bodies still might be trapped in the debris of the casino. Paramedics and firefighters pulled out bodies covered with plastic bags from a hole in the wall as night fell. Relatives of people trapped in the casino lined up to demand information while others used social media to start their own searches. "My sister was working inside as a waitress," said one man. "I know nothing about her. There is only confusion." National security spokesman Alejandro Poire said the government would do everything in its power to stop the violence and capture those responsible for the casino attack. Rescuers used an excavator from a nearby construction site to break through a casino wall to search for victims. Twitter users in Monterrey reported scenes of chaos on the streets around the Casino Royale after the attack and heavy army presence. Casinos have become popular in Mexico and a number of them have been attacked in recent years. The Milenio newspaper said on Thursday a casino in the state of Coahuila was attacked by a group of armed men. (Additional reporting by Cyntia Barrera Diaz and Dave Graham; Editing by Kieran Murray and John O'Callaghan) World Mexico Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. 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ITS GOING TO GET ALOT WORSE IN MEXICO BEFORE THERES ANY IMPROVEMENT….THE SOONER WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT AND HELP FIGHT TERROR HERE…ON OUR CONTINENT….ON OUR BORDERS… THE SOONER OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH WITH BE A SAFE AND PROSPEROUS COUNTRY…THAT SPREADS TRADE, GOOD VACATIONING, AND PLESANT DAY TRIPS… instead of drugs, murders, and kidnappings. Aug 26, 2011 2:01am EDT -- Report as abuse kolea wrote: Poverty and joblessness are the root causes and this could happen in the US if the economy stays in the toilet and unemployment benefits run out for millions. Can Obama see the tsunami building? Aug 26, 2011 3:37am EDT -- Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment Social Stream (What's this?) 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