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| Mexico partygoers die in attack | Mexico partygoers die in attack |
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| Gunmen have killed 13 people at a high school student party in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez. | Gunmen have killed 13 people at a high school student party in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez. |
| Two adults and 11 teenagers died, while about two dozen others were injured, as the attackers fired indiscriminately on partygoers, according to reports. | Two adults and 11 teenagers died, while about two dozen others were injured, as the attackers fired indiscriminately on partygoers, according to reports. |
| It was not immediately clear if anyone at the party was linked 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 was linked 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. |
| Witnesses said the gunmen drove up to the house in several cars late on Saturday or in the early hours of Sunday. | Witnesses said the gunmen drove up to the house in several cars late on Saturday or in the early hours of Sunday. |
| Scattered bodies | Scattered bodies |
| They began shooting at people from outside the property before moving inside, and pursued some of the youngsters trying to escape over a fence. | They began shooting at people from outside the property before moving inside, and pursued some of the youngsters trying to escape over a fence. |
| 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 | 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 |
| The bodies of the victims - whose ages reportedly ranged from 15 to 20 - lay scattered around the house. | The bodies of the victims - whose ages reportedly ranged from 15 to 20 - lay scattered around the house. |
| Unnamed police officials told AP news agency that witnesses had counted at least 15 attackers. | Unnamed police officials told AP news agency that witnesses had counted at least 15 attackers. |
| "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. | "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 highly lucrative drug-smuggling route into the US, is the scene of a vicious ongoing turf war between rival cartels. | Ciudad Juarez, straddling a highly lucrative drug-smuggling route into the US, is the scene of a vicious ongoing turf war between rival cartels. |
| The victims' ages reportedly ranged from 15 to 20 | |
| Some 45,000 troops and extra police have been deployed to crack down on the gangs in the city, across the border from El Paso, Texas. | Some 45,000 troops and extra police have been deployed to crack down on the gangs in the city, across the border from El Paso, Texas. |
| But the campaign has done little to curb the bloodletting - more than 7,000 people reportedly died in Mexican drug-related violence last year. | 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. | Beheadings, attacks on police, and shootings in clubs and restaurants are a daily occurrence in some regions. |
| In two of the worst attacks in 2009, gunmen stormed drug rehabilitation clinics in September, killing nearly 30 people. | In two of the worst attacks in 2009, gunmen stormed drug rehabilitation clinics in September, killing nearly 30 people. |