Posted on 09/16/2009 6:15:36 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (AHN) - Gunmen attacked a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Tuesday killing 10 people, including therapists.
Authorities do not know the motive of the 10:15 p.m. attack on the Life Annex treatment center that killed two therapists and eight patients as well as wounding two more, according to Enrique Torres, a spokesman of the government security forces.
Witnesses said the attackers were eight armed men, who fled after the massacre.
The attack was the second directed against a drug rehabilitation clinic in two weeks. The previous attack saw 18 people executed at the back of another clinic.
The latest attack happened despite the presence of some 8,500 troops in Ciudad Juarez, where members of rival drug cartels are in a violent competition for dominance.
Because they were no longer loyal customers. They found a new dealer....the state.
These unfortunate patients were trying to clean up their lives and the therapists were trying to help them and others. Is this an attempt to scare rehab clinics out of business?
And will we see similar attacks on American rehab clinics?
These are ruthless criminals. Silly government thinks it’s going to defuse this Mexican bomb after it goes off!
“Why kill off your client base? Makes no sense to me. “
They’re interested in POWER and loyalty to their power. Unprincipled power is ever so much more dangerous than drugs.
I think this is the second or third report out of Mexico about this kind of seemingly crazy and mindless attack.
Not so. The dealers are sending a message to their other customers. Oiga, estupidos, once you get hooked to our drugs, you better stay hooked or we’ll kill you.
Exactly.
“Unprincipled power is ever so much more dangerous than drugs.”
We’re certainly seeing that in Washington these days, aren’t we? ;)
Yes, Ma’am.
Love your tagline, BTW. ;)
Often the drug runners sell the drugs to a rival cartel and join up.
So, drug cartels are trying to scare addicts away from their rivals' rehab clinics to decrease the profitability of their competitor cartels.
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