The Defense Secretariat sent 800
additional troops to Monterrey as reinforcements to assist local authorities. The full deployment of an additional 1,500
soldiers is expected within the next couple of days. State and local
authorities in Monterrey denied that two of the suspects in Friday’s attack on
the Casino Royale had been arrested. Authorities said that 45 of the
fatal 52 victims of the attack on the Casino Royale had been identified and
their bodies delivered to their relatives… Funerals for the victims began over
the weekend…
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The Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development sent a condolence message from secretary general
Mexican José Ángel Gurria whose remarks joined the chorus of national and
international outrage at the attack on the casino in Monterrey. Fifty civic
groups joined together in Monterey to launch a campaign for Peace and Justice
with the “Peace Is Ours” slogan… Youth groups said they would stage a rally on
Saturday October 8th at the Angel of Independence
The National Human Rights Commission
sent a team to Monterrey to meet with victims of the attack at the Casino
Royale and their families and verify their conditions…
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Authorities conducted an operation at 11
casinos and betting halls in Nuevo León and the Federal District… Three people
were arrested and authorities impounded more than 3,500 coin machines…
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Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera invoked
punishment on earth and in heaven for those responsible for the attack on the
Casino Royale, which killed 52 people… Rivera Carrera called the crime
“diabolical” and said it robbed Mexico of its peace and plunged the country
into mourning…
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Authorities suspended search tasks at
mass grave found Saturday in Mexico State… Excavation teams had unearthed five
bodies…
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The Finance Secretariat warned that
financial volatility would continue for some time but said that contrary to
other developing countries, Mexico continues to bear the brunt without showing
signs of an economic meltdown…
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One year after Mexicana was forced to
ground its airplanes the Flight Attendants Union asked President Felipe
Calderón to step in to find a rapid solution so that they can recover their
jobs.
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