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25 killed in arson attack on bar in southern Mexico

(28 Aug 2019) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4227066 An attack on a bar in Mexico's Gulf coast city of Coatzacoalcos (koh-AHTzah-koh-AHL-kos) killed 25 people and injured about a dozen, officials said Wednesday, and they said it was apparently overseen by a man who had been recently arrested but released. The attackers are believed to have used petrol bombs to start the fire that ripped through the "Bar Caballo Blanco." The office of the Veracruz state prosecutor said the search was continuing for the attackers, while the state governor suggested that a gang dispute led to the attack. The bar was located in a storefront on a busy commercial street in Coatzacoalcos, a city whose main industry has long been oil and oil refining. The attack came almost eight years to the day after a fire at a casino in the northern city of Monterrey killed 52 people. The Zetas drug cartel staged that 2011 attack to enforce demands for protection payments. The Zetas, now splintered, have also been active in Coatzacoalcos. The attack, along with the killing of 19 people in the western city of Uruapan earlier this month, is likely to renew fears that the violence of the 2006-2012 drug war has returned. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...