None of the dozens killed in the attack were thought to have been associated with organized crime, which led many, including President Calderon, to label the incident a terrorist attack. It marked one of the darkest episodes in Mexico’s recent history, with media attention from the around the world. More than a year after the deadliest single attack in Mexico’s recent history, the Zetas find themselves under heavy government and internal pressure, yet public security has not markedly improved in Monterrey.įifty-two people died on August 25, 2011, when a handful of Zetas sprayed gasoline around and then set fire to Monterrey’s Casino Royale.
