Mexico rehab center attacked
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October 26, 2010, Tuesday
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A CLIENT at a drug rehab center in the Mexican border city of Tijuana said yesterday that a gang of armed men burst into the building and gunned down 13 recovering addicts there.
Prosecutors have not yet confirmed the number of dead. Police at the scene say at least 10 were killed.
The witness, who asked to be identified only by his first name, Jesus, for fear of reprisals, said he was attending a movie showing on the first floor of the center, and had stepped out for something to eat when the attacked occurred late on Sunday.
When he returned, his fellow clients told him the attackers made the addicts lie on the floor, and then sprayed them with bullets. Other clients sleeping upstairs in the center also survived. There are normally about 45 clients at the center.
The attack on the ramshackle, privately run center is the first such mass killing at a rehab center in Tijuana, a city praised by some for its anti-gang efforts.
Several such attacks have killed dozens of recovering addicts in another border city, Ciudad Juarez, and a voice was heard over a police radio frequency later saying "this is a taste of Juarez."
While police have not identified the motive in the Tijuana slayings, drug gangs have attacked such centers before to target rival gangs.
Prosecutors have not yet confirmed the number of dead. Police at the scene say at least 10 were killed.
The witness, who asked to be identified only by his first name, Jesus, for fear of reprisals, said he was attending a movie showing on the first floor of the center, and had stepped out for something to eat when the attacked occurred late on Sunday.
When he returned, his fellow clients told him the attackers made the addicts lie on the floor, and then sprayed them with bullets. Other clients sleeping upstairs in the center also survived. There are normally about 45 clients at the center.
The attack on the ramshackle, privately run center is the first such mass killing at a rehab center in Tijuana, a city praised by some for its anti-gang efforts.
Several such attacks have killed dozens of recovering addicts in another border city, Ciudad Juarez, and a voice was heard over a police radio frequency later saying "this is a taste of Juarez."
While police have not identified the motive in the Tijuana slayings, drug gangs have attacked such centers before to target rival gangs.
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