At least 39 people were killed after a fire broke out at a migration centre near the United States and Mexico border, on early Tuesday (March 28), said the government’s National Migration Institute (INM). The incident took place in Mexico’s northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas in a facility run by the National Migration Institute (INM).
According to the INM, 68 adult men from Central and South America were staying at the facility. Additionally, some 29 migrants were injured and were taken to four hospitals in the area, said the INM. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
Meanwhile, Mexico’s prosecutor general has begun an investigation into the incident, said the federal deputy of Ciudad Juarez, Andrea Chávez, in a statement on Facebook. Notably, Ciudad Juarez is a major crossing point for migrants entering the US.
A Venezuelan woman standing outside the immigration centre told AFP that her 27-year-old husband had been detained there. “He was taken away in an ambulance,” told Vinagly to the news agency, adding that her husband had documents allowing him to remain in Mexico. “They (immigration officials) don’t tell you anything. A family member can die and they don’t tell you he’s dead,” said Vinagly.
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