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MEXICO CITY — Gunmen shot to dying 5 males and one lady at a privately-run drug rehabilitation center in wester Mexico, authorities stated Monday.
The prosecutors’ workplace in the western state of Jalisco stated the attack occurred round midnight in Tlaquepaque, a suburb of the state capital, Guadalajara. Jalisco is house to the drug cartel of the identical title, and has been plagued for years by violence between rival factions of the cartel in Guadalajara.
The workplace stated that a number of people have been concerned in the attack, however didn’t provide information on a motive.
Drug gangs in Mexico have attacked rehab centers in the previous, often to kill drug customers or sellers allied with rival gangs. In 2020, in the neighboring state of Guanajuato, gunmen killed 27 people at a rehab center.
Mexico has lengthy had issues with rehab centers as a result of most are privately run, underfunded and typically commit abuses in opposition to recovering addicts. The federal government spends comparatively little cash on rehabilitation, typically making the unregistered centers the one choice accessible for poor households.
As well as, addicts and sellers who face assaults from rivals on the streets generally take refuge at the rehab clinics, making the clinics themselves targets for attack.