MEXICO CITY (AP)– Shooters shot to death 5 males and one female at a privately-run drug rehab center in wester Mexico, authorities stated Monday.
The district attorneys’ workplace in the western state of Jalisco stated the attack took place around midnight in Tlaquepaque, a suburban area of the state capital, Guadalajara. Jalisco is house to the drug cartel of the exact same name, and has actually been afflicted for years by violence in between competing factions of the cartel in Guadalajara.
The workplace stated that a number of people were included in the attack, however did not deal information on an intention.
Drug gangs in Mexico have actually assaulted rehab centers in the past, typically to eliminate drug users or dealerships allied with competing gangs. In 2020, in the nearby state of Guanajuato, shooters eliminated 27 people at a rehab center.
Mexico has actually long had issues with rehab centers since many are independently run, underfunded and typically dedicate abuses versus recuperating addicts. The federal government invests reasonably little cash on rehab, typically making the unregistered centers the only alternative offered for bad households.
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