52 civilians killed in drug cartel attack at a Mexican casino - Polidicks

[quote](CNN) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon condemned Friday the torching of a Monterrey casino that killed at least 52 people as "the most serious attack on civil society that the country has seen in a long time." Calderon said the burning of the Monterrey Casino Royale on Thursday was perpetrated by "terrorists" motivated by greed. Meanwhile, authorities in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, of which Monterrey is the capital, released a video showing how armed men arrived in three vehicles and were carrying what appeared to be gallons of gasoline. They burst into the casino, and seconds later, dozens of people fled the casino, which was clouded with smoke and fire. The attack lasted two and a half minutes, according to the video released by Secretary of the Interior Francisco Blake and Nuevo Leon Gov. Rodrigo Medina. Medina said 52 people died in the fiery attack, not 53 as earlier reported by authorities. None of the deaths was by firearms, Medina said. Nuevo Leon Civil Protection Director Jorge Camacho Rincon confirmed that the final death toll was 52, but some officials were putting the death toll at 53 because one victim was pregnant. At least 35 of the victims were women, and at least 10 were men, officials said. Authorities have yet to determine the gender of the remaining victims. Residents of Monterrey, Mexico's third largest city, reported a lot of confusion surrounding their efforts to determine whether their relatives were among those killed in the fire. The missing sister left for work at the casino Thursday morning, and Monsivais said goodbye to her, she said. "For me, she is everything, my sister, my friend," Monsivais said. "She went to work out of necessity. She always goes home after work every day. It's unfair." She had searched for her sister until midnight, visiting at least five hospitals and clinics throughout Monterrey without success, she said. "I wanted to know where she is," a tearful Monsivais said. [/quote] [url]http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/08/26/mexico.attack/index.html[/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSJbfMJxt5c[/media]

Holy fucking shit that's absolutely horrible.

[QUOTE=TropicalV2;31973708]none of the deaths were by firearms [/QUOTE] Oh god holy fuck

[QUOTE=HawkeyeTy;31973746]Oh god holy fuck[/QUOTE] I don't even want to know

They aren't Drug Cartels anymore. They're terrorists now. How do they do shit like this? I mean yeah, Drugs = $$$ but don't go killing innocent people.

The president can condemn these actions all he wants, but the fact is (and the cartels know this) he's as powerless as any of the victims. As much as this is our fault, if they tried this in America, we'd have Seal Team 6 getting back on their stealth helicopters.

7 of the people couldn't even have their gender identified :ohdear:

[QUOTE=soderholm13;31973766]I don't even want to know[/QUOTE] probably machetes, a while back there was a news article about how cartels were executing some workers by hacking them to death with machetes. Mexico needs to get this shit under control.

Anyone who rates the OP funny is a dick.

The only comment on the video is... [QUOTE]cool =)[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;31973802]probably machetes, a while back there was a news article about how cartels were executing some workers by hacking them to death with machetes. Mexico needs to get this shit under control.[/QUOTE] It was fire, read the article.

loving how this didn't even make the front page of reuters, foxnews, msnbc, or cnn

[QUOTE=Atlascore;31973806]They've been terrorists for the last decade.[/QUOTE] I know that. Speaking of which, they did this barely 2 years ago. [url]http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/16/mexico.clergy.violence/index.html[/url] Holy shit!!!

[QUOTE=Atlascore;31973786]What the fuck. Why the fuck would they even do this?[/QUOTE] to instill fear, so nobody bothers to try and oppose them

They're not even drug cartels anymore, how they can maintain this delusion that they run a respectable business is beyond me.

jesus christ. that's fucking horrible...

[QUOTE=TropicalV2;31973859]loving how this didn't even make the front page of reuters, foxnews, msnbc, or cnn[/QUOTE]This would be in Mexican newspapers on page 32 in the daily cartel violence inset.

The U.S. government really should be more attentive to the widespread domestic terrorism in a country right next door to it... [editline]27th August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Mingebox;31974075]This would be in Mexican newspapers on page 32 in the daily cartel violence inset.[/QUOTE] Which is sad yet true, since nonstop violent and bloody gang warfare is now an immutable fact of life in most of Mexico.

We invade foreign countries to clear terrorists out of there, we can't offer aide to our allies?

No offense to anyone, but Mexico is one of the countries I'd never want to visit, mainly due to stuff like this. Terrible.

Ashamed to be Mexican today... I have so many friends in Monterrey, it's worrying.

Sweet God, Mexico's just tearing itself apart. [editline]27th August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=AnemoneS2;31974866]Ashamed to be Mexican today... I have so many friends in Monterrey, it's worrying.[/QUOTE] Don't be ashamed to be Mexican, be angry at the current administration for not doing enough.

I wonder how long it will be until the Mexican military starts fighting the drug cartels like an actual domestic enemy. I mean there is so much violence that they might end up needing the military just to protect the innocent civilians.

Sounds like Mexico needs its own BOPE

My god, how horrible is this.

[QUOTE=Murkrow;31975485]Sounds like Mexico needs its own BOPE[/QUOTE] the last time they had something like that, the soldiers formed a drug cartel what a world we live in

[QUOTE=Atlascore;31973838]Read the article yo, it said fiery death, they either throw a bunch of molotovs into the place or had a flame thrower.[/QUOTE] Reading comprehension seems to be an issue here in this thread. It was fire, from gasoline poured on the building.

This is just beyond fucking crazy. I can't help it but hope they died due to carbon monoxide filling their lungs instead. Because death by fire is a needlessly TOO fucking painful one. And there's 52 of them.

[QUOTE=Arachnidus;31974417]We invade foreign countries to clear terrorists out of there, we can't offer aide to our allies?[/QUOTE] no b/c there's a loooot of money in arms selling

its even funnier because this happens all the time and we dont hear about it