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Commandos kill four in attacks on drug rehab centres

Published:Tuesday | December 7, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Survivors of an attack on a drug rehab centre climb into a state investigations agency truck to give their statements in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Sunday. According to the Municipal Public Safety Department, two different drug-rehab centres were attacked, which left four people dead and five injured. - ap

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (AP):

Mexican police say armed commandos attacked two drug-rehabilitation centres in this border city across from El Paso, Texas, killing four people and wounding five. Municipal police spokesman Adrian Sanchez said the attacks occurred Sunday afternoon. Three were killed in one centre and one was killed in another.

Gangs have killed dozens in drug-rehabilitation centres in the last two years across Mexico, including nine last summer in Durango in the north and 19 in Chihuahua city, capital of the border state Ciudad Juarez. Cartels run the centres in some cases to recruit addicts, leaving them open to attacks from rivals. Warring drug cartels have turned Ciudad Juarez into one of the world's most violent cities.