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Gunmen have killed 13 people at a high school birthday party in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez. Gunmen have killed 13 people at a party attended by students in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez.
At least two adults and 11 teenagers died as gunmen arrived and began firing indiscriminately on dozens of partygoers, according to reports. At least two adults and 11 teenagers died as the attackers arrived and began firing indiscriminately on dozens of partygoers, according to reports.
Officials said they did not believe the students had any links to the drug gangs that have made Ciudad Juarez one of the world's most dangerous cities. It was not immediately clear if anyone at the party had any links to the drug gangs that have made Ciudad Juarez one of the world's most dangerous cities.
At least 15 other people died in the city, on the US border, at the weekend.At least 15 other people died in the city, on the US border, at the weekend.
The men drove up in four SUVs, went into the house and shot at everyone, you could hear the gunfire all around Neighbour Q&A: Mexico's drug-fuelled violence
Witnesses said the gunmen drove up to the house in the early hours of Sunday in several cars.Witnesses said the gunmen drove up to the house in the early hours of Sunday in several cars.
They began shooting at people from outside the dwelling, and pursued some of the youngsters who jumped over a fence to get away. They began shooting at people from outside the property before moving inside, and pursued some of the youngsters who tried to flee.
A military campaign against drug cartels in Mexico has triggered a surge in violence that has left many thousands of people dead in the past three years. "The men drove up in four SUVs, they were well-armed. They went into the house and shot at everyone, you could hear the gunfire all around," said a neighbour at the scene, quoted by Reuters news agency.
Ciudad Juarez, straddling a major drug-smuggling route into the US, is the scene of a vicious ongoing turf war between rival cartels.
Some 45,000 troops and extra police have been deployed to crack down on the gangs.
But the campaign has done little to curb the bloodletting - more than 7,000 people reportedly died in Mexican drug-related violence last year.
Beheadings, attacks on police, and shootings in clubs and restaurants are a daily occurrence in some regions.