25 killed as attackers ignite fire in Mexico bar
COATZACOALCOS, Mexico: Gunmen burst into a Mexican strip club in a hail of bullets and killed at least 26 people as they trapped revellers inside and started a raging fire, officials said on Wednesday .
Because of the loud reggaeton music pounding inside, many patrons and dancers did not even notice the attack until the entire bar was in flames, they said. Veracruz Governor Cuitlahuac Garcia tweeted that authorities had identified one of the attackers as Ricardo"N" - Mexican law bars the release of suspects' full names - adding that he was a repeat offender known as"La Loca" .
The Veracruz prosecutor's office denied wrongdoing, and said in a statement that it was in fact the federal prosecutor's office that released Ricardo"N."Its location on the Gulf of Mexico coast makes it a strategic route for drug cartels and for human traffickers bringing undocumented migrants to the United States.
Some survivors said the attackers doused the nightclub in gasoline to set it alight. Others said they threw Molotov cocktails.
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