A man walks in front of El Aliviane drug rehabilitation center in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday. The center was the site of a bloody massacre Wednesday night
Mexican army soldiers stand guard as forensic workers remove a body from El Aliviane drug rehabilitation center in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, after gunmen broke through the door and opened fire. At least 18 people were killed, and two were seriously wounded.
September 3, 2009
At least 18 people were killed when gunmen broke into a drug rehabilitation center in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez and went on a shooting spree, Mexican officials said.
Witnesses said four men broke down the door of the El Aliviane rehabilitation center in the Bellavista neighborhood about 7 p.m. Wednesday, lined the victims up against the wall and shot them, army spokesman Enrique Torres told Ciudad Juarez’s El Diario newspaper. Two people remained hospitalized in critical condition.
Most of the victims were seeking treatment for alcohol or drug abuse at the house turned hostel, police said. According to El Diario, many of the dead were members of the notorious Barrio Azteca gang, which has spread to Mexico from Texas.
