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Mexican drug war: Fifty-two people were killed in an arson attack at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico.
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Mexican drug war
War between Mexico's government and various drug trafficking syndicates
The Mexican drug war is an ongoing asymmetric armed conflict between the Mexican government and various drug trafficking syndicates. When the Mexican military intervened in 2006, the government's main objective was to reduce drug-related violence. The Mexican government has…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
2011 Monterrey casino attack
Attack by Mexican criminal organization Los Zetas
On August 25, 2011, members of the drug cartel Los Zetas set a casino on fire in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, killing 52 people.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Monterrey
City in Nuevo León, Mexico
Monterrey is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. The city anchors the Monterrey metropolitan area, the second-largest metropolitan area in Mexico, after Greater Mexico City with a population of 5,341,171 people as of 2020 and it is also…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)