Mexico City, Mexico, Aug 28, 2011 / 14:34 pm
Organized crime is punishing Mexico “like a whip,” Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera said in response to a shocking attack on a Monterrey casino which killed at least 53 people.
The Archbishop of Mexico City condemned the attack on the Casino Royale, where gunmen killed gamblers and employees. Many died when the attackers spread gasoline and ignited a fire that trapped and killed them.
It was the second attack on the casino in three months. Gunmen sprayed the building with bullets in a May 25 attack that did not injure anyone.
Attorney General Leon Adrian de la Garza said a drug cartel was apparently responsible for the attack, the Associated Press reports. Cartels often extort casinos and other business and threaten to attack them if they refuse to pay.