The owner of a Mexican casino targeted in an arson attack which left 52 dead apologized for fleeing the country and said he feared for his life, in a letter published in Reforma newspaper yesterday. Raul Rocha, owner of the Casino Royale in the northern city of Monterrey, called for safety guarantees from Mexican authorities in order to return from the unnamed location where he had taken refuge after the August 25 attack. “I’m prepared to give a statement when the authorities guarantee that my life won’t be at risk,” Rocha wrote. “I want to give a sincere apology to everyone,” he added, without saying who may be threatening his life. Rocha denied he was involved in illegal activities and insisted the casino met with safety regulations. Staff and customers, mainly women, fled further inside the casino after attackers doused the entrance with petrol and set it alight in one of the country’s worst attacks on civilians. Survivors alleged the casino lacked emergency exits and that some exits had been locked. A police officer and five suspected members of the Zetas drug gang have been detained in a probe into the attack which authorities link to possible extortion.
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