Gunmen kill 11 at drug rehab center in Mexico

Published 9:51 pm Tuesday, June 7, 2011

DURANGO, Mexico — Mexican authorities say two gunmen attacked a drug rehabilitation center in the northern city of Torreon, killing 11 people and wounding two.

The Attorney General’s Office in Coahuila state says the attackers stormed into the center Tuesday afternoon and opened fire. The co

ndition of the two hospitalized victims has not been released.

Officials say the motive for the attack or the gang responsible are not clear yet.

Drug cartels are known to use rehab centers to recruit addicts and rival gangs sometimes attack. Dozens of people have died in shootings at centers across Mexico. The worst incident left 19 people dead in Chihuahua city last summer.