At least 15 young people, several of them in treatment for drug addiction, were shot and killed Wednesday at a car was 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. In Mexico its been a frequent practice shooting and killing at the Drug treatment centers, often by groups of men firing high powered weapons, because members of drug gangs seek help or hide out in them.
Tags: 15, Gang, Gunmen, Involvement, Killing, mexico