By “El Huaso” for Borderland Beat
Three were killed and another two were injured after gunmen attacked a drug and alcohol rehab clinic in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato yesterday. This is the second attack at a rehab center in Guanajuato this month.
The unlicensed rehab clinic was being run out of a home, which has now been seized by the State Attorney General’s office.
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Attacks like these are common in Guanajuato state, the most violent region in Mexico for the last several years. Businesses are often targeted by organized crime for failing to pay extorsion rents or allowing rival drugs to be sold on premises, while drug rehab clinics are attacked as criminal groups fear that they may provide hiding places as well as potential recruiting pipelines for rival groups.
Sources: Periodico Correo, Periodico Correo, El Universal, Borderland Beat Archives 10/2/24