HITMEN KILL 17 IN MEXICO REHAB CENTRE

GUNMEN MASSACRE 18 AT
MEXICO DRUG REHABILITATION CLINIC

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - About a dozen hooded gunmen burst into a Mexican rehabilitation clinic near the U.S. border on Wednesday, lining up patients before killing 18 of them. Gunmen stormed into a drug rehabilitation clinic in Mexico and shot dead 18 people, in the worst of a string of drug-related atrocities that killed 40 in the troubled states of Chihuahua and Michoacan yesterday. Drug gangs have targeted rehab clinics in the manufacturing city of Ciudad Juarez across from El Paso, Texas, accusing them of protecting dealers from rival gangs. The attack was one of the deadliest in President Felipe Calderon's three-year war against drug cartels, despite the presence of 10,000 troops and federal police in Ciudad Juarez who constantly patrol the city's streets.

The attackers broke down the door of El Aliviane centre - an alcohol rehab clinic in the Bellavista suburb of Ciudad Juarez, lined up their victims against a wall and opened fire. Five people were wounded in the massacre - a copycat incident to a similar attack last year that left eight dead. Masked police guarded the scene as dozens of weeping relatives flocked to see if their loved ones had survived. Police said that the death toll may rise. The violence-torn city in the north-western state of Chihuahua is home to the Juarez drug cartel, which is battling other gangs for trafficking and territory. The police did not immediately name any suspects for the clinic killings, but recent violence in the city has been blamed on a feud between rival drug cartels in El Paso, Texas, a few miles away across the US border.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?

Nondevotees must undergo material hardships because they are prone to commit sinful fruitive activities. The desire to commit sinful actions continues in their hearts due to ignorance. These sinful actions are divided into three categories — pātaka (preliminary sin), mahā-pātaka (greater sin) and ati-pātaka (topmost sin) — and also into two divisions; prārabdha and aprārabdha. Prārabdha refers to sinful reactions from which one is suffering at the present, and aprārabdha refers to sources of potential suffering.

Srila A.C. BV Swami Prabhupada:
"El Srimad Bhagavatam - Comentario en Canto 6 - Cap. 1 - Verso 15"