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A funeral on Monday for one of the 14 young people killed Friday at a birthday party in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. The authorities said several victims had no association with the drug trade

MEXICO CITY — At least 15 young people, several of them in treatment for drug addiction, were shot and killed Wednesday at a car wash in western Mexico, the third mass shooting with apparent connections to organized crime in less than a week.

The latest killings were in Tepic, a city in Nayarit State about 400 miles west of Mexico City, and bore the hallmarks of a drug-related crime. Drug treatment centers have frequently been the site of shootings, often by groups of men firing  high-powered, weapons  because members of drug gangs seek help or hide out in them.. Reports Randal C.Archibald, New York  Times. To read the rest  Click Here