Gunmen opened fire at two different bars in northern Mexico, killing nine people and injuring 12

Both attacks occurred in the city of Torreon. In the first, three men opened fire at a bar, killing four people and injuring nine. The second attack, also at a bar, involved a group of armed men shooting and killing five people and injuring three. The Mexican government says that there have been more than 34,600 drug-related deaths in Mexico since December 2006.