Importance of the attack on Casino Royale (Monterrey 2011)

Bloody attack perpetrated on August 25, 2011, in the afternoon, by the Los Zetas drug cartel, against the Casino Royal of Monterrey, the capital and most populous city of the State from Nueva León, and which left a tremendous toll of 52 dead and significant material damage.

Drug violence took over Mexico

The popular betting and games room was violated by the sudden entry of almost 20 armed criminals who caused a fire and many other outrages.

Before setting fire to the establishment with those who were inside, playing or working, they stole some belongings and caused damage to the gaming machines.

Immediately, chaos took over the place, those present ran to hide and escape from the attackers.

Many people were unable to leave the establishment due to the rapid spread of the fire and because the emergency exits were closed, and they died of suffocation.

Hours later the second floor of the place collapsed.

With the stamp of the mafia

A few days after the attack, some of those involved were arrested who confessed to having participated in it and opened some light on the cause: the refusal of the casino owners to pay the cartel a monthly fee to be able to operate.

In the months that followed, the rest of the gang, more than twenty people, including the head of the cartel and its masterminds.

The sentences received by the hitmen convicted of the terrorist act ranged from 75 to 120 years, which is what the law stipulates.

The war on drug trafficking and its cruel consequences on the population

It occurred during the administration of President Felipe Calderón (2006-2012), belonging to the National Action Party (PAN), who Since he took office, he has launched an implacable persecution against the drug trafficking groups that spread drugs and sowed terror in his country. country.

Drug cartels have been harassing peace and coexistence harmony of the inhabitants of Mexico.

The confrontations between various cartels for control of the business led to a situation of extreme violence that not even the federal police could stop due to the resources with which these they counted

To attack this state of affairs the government de Calderón launched a very ambitious military plan that only increased violence and the birth of self-defense groups among the inhabitants.

According to published statistics, after the end of his term, the homicide rate rose remarkably.

The Zetas cartel, the attackers

The Los Zetas cartel, one of the most damaging and violent, along with that of Sinaloa (led by Chapo Guzmán), Juárez, Golfo and Jalisco, was behind the attack.

This criminal organization grew in the shadow of countless criminal activities: drug and people trafficking, extortive kidnappings, fuel theft, money laundering, theft of cash trucks, and attacks such as the Royale.

It was born from the union of a group of elite ex-military, deserters from the armed forces and in recent years it has opened up to the entry of young people, many immigrants, as young as 15, who live in situation of extreme social vulnerability, and that unfortunately have taken this type of organization as a way out labor.

In the rest of the world they were determined to be an international threat.

The internal conflicts and the great rivalry that they maintained with other cartels weakened them until they almost disappeared.