Gunmen kill 4 in attack on 2 Mexican rehab centers

Published December 06, 2010
Associated Press

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Armed commandos attacked two drug rehabilitation centers in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, killing four people and wounding five, authorities said.

Three men were killed in one center and one was killed in another in the Sunday attacks, said Ciudad Juarez police spokesman Adrian Sanchez.

Gangs have killed dozens in drug rehabilitation centers in the past two years across Mexico, including nine last summer in the northern state of Durango and 19 in Chihuahua city, capital of the state by the same name. Chihuahua state is also home to the drug-plagued city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas, which warring cartels have turned into one of the world's most dangerous cities.

Cartels sometimes operate the centers themselves, in order to recruit addicts, which leaves the centers open to attacks from rivals.

Meanwhile in the northern border state of Tamaulipas, soldiers killed two gunmen who were guarding 16 kidnapping victims, the Mexican army said in a statement Sunday.

The soldiers were patrolling on a highway near the capital, Ciudad Victoria, when they came under fire Saturday. The soldiers returned fire, killing the two assailants, and rescued the 13 men and three women, the army said.

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