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Drug Rehab Center Comes Under Deadly Assault In Torreon

June 04 2012

Mexico

An attack by unidentified gunmen at a drug rehabilitation clinic in northern Mexico has left at least 11 dead and eight wounded, reports Reuters.

The attack made Sunday in Torreon in the border state of Coahuila took place almost a year after a similar attack in the city against another rehab facility.

State police said the attack was related to the nation's ongoing drug-related violence that has cost some 55,000 lives in six years.

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