BLACK WEDNESDAY: Massacre at drug rehabilitation centre
chuks oti
Jul 02, 2020
At least 24 people were killed in an attack on a drug rehabilitation facility in the central Mexican city of Irapuato, Mexican police said late Wednesday.
This underlines the challenge government has in fulfilling a pledge to stop gang violence.
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Police in the city in Guanajuato State said the gunmen also wounded seven people in what was the second such attack to take place in Irapuato during the past month.
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The attack was also confirmed by a federal government official.
Photos from the scene shared by Police with local reporters showed at least 11 prone and bloodied bodies lying in a room.
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The attack was one of the worst mass slayings since President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office 19 months ago pledging to reduce record levels of violence.
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But homicides hit a new record last year and are trending higher still in 2020.
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On June 6, ten men were killed when gunmen opened fire in a rehabilitation centre for addicts in Irapuato.
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It was not immediately clear if the same facility was hit both times.
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Guanajuato, a major car-making hub, has become one of the principal flashpoints of criminal violence in Mexico.
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Rehab centres are known to have been targeted by criminal gangs waging turf wars for control of the drug business.
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At least 26 people were killed in an arson attack by suspected gang members on a bar in the southern Mexican port of Coatzacoalcos last August.
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