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Gunmen kill 11 at Mexico drug rehabilitation centre
Gunmen have killed 11 people and wounded at least eight others in an attack on a drug rehabilitation centre in the north of Mexico.
June 04, 2012
(BBC NEWS) MEXICO - The attack took place late on Sunday in Torreon, an industrial city in the border state of Coahuila.
Police said the assailants escaped in two pick-up trucks.
Mexico has seen an explosion of violence in recent years as gangs fight over trafficking routes, with drug rehabilitation centres often targeted.