Fire in drug rehabilitation center in Mexico demands 12 fatalities

Fire in drug rehabilitation center in Mexico demands 12 fatalities

In a drug rehabilitation center in the Mexican state of Guanajuato plagued by violence, there was a tragic fire in which 12 people were killed and at least three more injured, the authorities reported on Sunday.

cause of the fire and investigation

The fire broke out in the city of San Jose Iturbe early Sunday morning. The municipal government said that it continued to examine the cause of the fatal fire disaster.

solidarity with the victims

"We express our sympathy for the families of the deceased who tried to overcome their dependencies," said the municipal government in a statement and added that it would support the sacrifices.

grievances in rehabilitation centers

Mexican media reported that the victims of the fire were locked up in the rehabilitation center. The privately guided drug rehabilitation centers in Mexico are often shaped by abuse, secrecy, lack of regulation and inadequate financing. In the past, they were always the goal of similar attacks.

violence in Guanajuato

The industrial and agricultural state of Guanajuato has been the scene of a bloody power struggle between the Jalalco New Generation Cartel and a local gang, the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel for years. Guanajuato has the highest murder rate of all states in Mexico.

attacks on rehabilitation centers

Mexican drug gangs have attacked alleged road dealers of rival gangs that were hidden in rehabilitation facilities. In 2020, 27 people were killed by armed men in another drug rehabilitation center in Irapuato, a city in Guanajuato. In 2010, 19 people also died in Chihuahua, a city in northern Mexico in northern Mexico. In the decade between these massacres there were more than a dozen other attacks on similar facilities.