Monday, October 25, 2010

Mexico Drug Cartel War -- News Updates October 25, 2010

Mass graves: This is not Iraq of Afghanistan, but Ciudad Juarez - Mexico's fourth largest city and literally a stone's throw away from the U.S. Photo from The Daily Mail

Mexico's Drug Cartels Unleash A Weekend Of Bloody Violence -- The Guardian

•Gang kills 13 at drug rehab clinic in border town of Tijuana
•High school students in Ciudad Juárez gunned down at birthday party

Armed men burst into a drug rehab centre in the Mexican border city of Tijuana and killed up to 13 people. While police would only confirm today that 10 people were shot dead, officials had been celebrating a decline in the terror unleashed on the city by the drug cartels.

The attackers made the addicts lie on the floor and then sprayed them with bullets, killing 13 during the assault on Sunday night, according to one witness, Jesus, who asked to be identified only by his first name for fear of reprisals. There are normally about 45 clients at this ramshackle, privately run treatment centre and the people sleeping upstairs survived.

Police have not identified the motive behind the massacre but gangs have attacked clinics in other cities to target rivals.

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More News On Mexico's Drug Cartel War

Massacre in Tijuana Recalls Worst Era -- New York Times
Mexico gunmen kill 13 at Tijuana drugs clinic -- BBC
Thirteen killed in execution-style raid on Tijuana drug rehab center -- L.A. Times
Death toll rises in Mexican border city shooting -- CNN
Mexicans mourn slain party-goers in drug war city -- Reuters
Gunmen kill 13 youths at Mexico party -- Independent/AP
The war next door: Horrific brutality of Mexican drug cartels 'makes al Qaeda look tame' -- The Daily mail
Covering Mexico's Brutal War; A Journalist's Report -- NPR
Mexico's Drug War On Both Sides Of The Border -- NPR
Defusing Mexico's drug war -- Teo Ballve, Winnipeg Free Press

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