REUTERS / Analysis/ D. Graham
Even as President Calderon sends more troops into Monterrey (above)...and parades 5 suspects in a deadly arson there (below) while seeking 7 others... widespread despair is growing...after 52 deaths from the bingo casino attack .
Monterrey...the Mexico's prosperous and 3rd largest city...has been a bastion for Calderon's PAN party.
No longer.
Hundreds demonstrated Sunday...carrying signs like: "Calderon -- Your government has brought us fear, terror and death. Resign now."
A recent poll shows PAN with only about 20% support.
"People go out in the morning here and don't know if they'll make it home at night," said a young Monterrey resident. "And the PAN are even more corrupt than the PRI used to be when they were in power."
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