2010 Chihuahua shootings | |
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Location | Second floor, Templo Cristiano Fe y Vida (Christian Faith and Life Temple), Chihuahua, Mexico |
Date | 10 June 2010 |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Deaths | 19 |
Injured | 4 |
Perpetrators | At least 30 gunmen |
On June 10, 2010, at least 19 people were killed in the Mexican state of Chihuahua in shooting attacks due to an ongoing drug war. [1] The attack was on a drug rehabilitation clinic in the state capital Chihuahua. [2] Four other people were wounded. [3]
At least 30 gunmen pulled up in six trucks and entered the second floor of the Templo Cristiano Fe y Vida (Christian Faith and Life Temple). [3] They told anyone who asked that they were from the police [4] before proceeding to fire at people they encountered, including staff and patients. [3] The victims were lined up and then executed by the gunmen. [4] The murdered patients were between the ages of 18 and 25. [4]
The perpetrators fled on foot. [3] They are unknown, but are thought to be members of a cartel in search of revenge. [2]
According to a Chihuahuan police spokesman, the attackers described those whom they attacked as "criminals" and left messages for them expressing this. [3]
President of Mexico Felipe Calderón issued his condemnation from South Africa, where he was attending the Mexico national football team's opening game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [4] He described such attacks as "outrageous acts that reinforce the need to fight with the full force of the law criminal groups carrying out such barbarism". [4]