Gunmen Open Fire On AA Meeting In Mexico, Killing 1

MEXICO CITY -- Gunmen burst into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and opened fire in a violence-plagued Mexican border state, killing one person and wounding four, authorities said Tuesday.

Investigators had not determined a motive for the attack late Monday in Chihuahua City, the state capital of Chihuahua, the state prosecutor spokesman Eduardo Esparza said.

In September, gunmen killed 28 people at two drug rehabilitation centers in Ciudad Juarez, in the northern part of Chihuahua state across the border from El Paso, Texas. The city has seen some of the worst violence in Mexico's drug war, with more than 1,900 homicides this year.

Those killings prompted authorities to close at least 10 unregistered drug rehabilitation centers in Ciudad Juarez out of concern that the facilities were serving as a cover or recruiting grounds for drug trafficking gangs.

Officials attribute the violence to a dispute between the rival Juarez and Sinaloa cartels. Esparza said Monday's shooting was the first such attack in Chihuahua City.

Comments

[foreignpolicywonk]

What most people don't realize about Mexico's drug war is that it's going to be a serious threat to US national security soon: http://blog.psaonline.org/2009/11/13/mexico-our-newest-national-security-threat/

[31BlueDog]

What a bummer!