"They killed my son". Families demand justice for victims of Mexico's rehab massacre

Record ID: 1560587

  • Title: "They killed my son". Families demand justice for victims of Mexico's rehab massacre
  • Date: 3rd July 2020
  • Summary: SIGN ON WREATH THAT READS (Spanish) "REST IN PEACE" CANDLES ON COFFIN CASTILLO'S FUNERAL (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CASTILLO'S COUSIN, JORGE SANCHEZ, SAYING: "I do not trust in the authorities, I trust in divine justice, nothing else. (JOURNALIST ASKING: WHY DON'T YOU TRUST THE AUTHORITIES?) There's a lot of corruption."
  • Embargoed: 17th July 2020 22:52
  • Keywords: Guanajuato Irapuato Mexico attack crime funeral massacre violence
  • Location: IRAPUATO, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO
  • City: IRAPUATO, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice
  • Reuters ID: LVA003CL9BL1J
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Family members of the victims of a rehab center massacre in central Mexico paid their final respects to their slain loved ones on Friday (July 3), demanding justice be done in the violence-ravaged country.
    On Wednesday (July 1), gunmen entered a rehab house located on the outskirts of the city of Irapuato. According to reports, attackers shot every male. At least 26 people died and five people were injured.
    The attack was one of the worst mass slayings since President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office 19 months ago pledging to reduce record levels of violence. But homicides hit a new record last year and are trending higher still in 2020.
    No motive was given in the rehab center attack, but Gov. Diego Sinhue Rodríguez Vallejo said drug gangs appeared to have been involved.
    (Production: Luis Negrete, Rodolfo Pena Roja, Liamar Ramos)
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