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The mayor, Fernando Larrazabal, told reporters that the toll could still rise, adding that rescue efforts were ongoing."The information that I have right now is that there are at least 20 people" dead, Larrazabal said.Officials in Nuevo Leon state, of which Monterrey is the capital, had said the casino fire was sparked by a makeshift bomb, but a woman who survived the attack said men had doused the establishment with petrol and set it ablaze.Footage broadcast by Milenio television showed thick plumes of smoke emanating from the casino through holes made in the walls by firefighters.Local media reported that casinos in Monterrey have recently been targeted because some owners have refused to payprotection money demanded by criminal gangs linked to the country's booming drugs trade.Only a few years ago, Monterrey had been seen as one of Mexico's safest cities.But Nuevo Leon state and its capital, which is home to four million people, have seen an increasing amount of drug-related violence, with more than 70 peoplekilled in Monterrey last month alone.Nearly 850 people were killed in the state in the firsthalf of the year, ascompared with 278 murdervictims for all of 2010, according to a tally by the national newspaper Reforma.More than 41,000 people have died in violencelinked to Mexico's organized crime gangs since President Felipe Calderon launched a militarycrackdown on them in December 2006, according to media counts and official figures. [More]Tags:mexicaipad apptaco master