Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has vowed that his government will thoroughly investigate a fire that killed at least 38 migrants at a detention center in Ciudad Juarez.
At least 38 people died in a fire late Monday at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, officials said.News of the fire set off panic in communities across Latin America as relatives of U.S.-bound migrants rushed to check on them.
On Tuesday, the president said the fire began after migrants learned that they were going to be deported to their home countries — and ignited mattresses in protest. It was not publicly known whether any of the dead or injured had been turned back by U.S. authorities under Title 42, a public health law invoked during the pandemic to expel tens of thousands of unauthorized border crossers back to Mexico in recent years while denying them a chance to apply for political asylum or other potential relief in the United States.
The migrant detention center, situated about 100 yards from the Rio Grande separating Mexico and the United States, is one of many across the country run by the Mexican government’s National Immigration Institute. Both federal staff and private contractors work at the center.Monday’s fire was believed to be the deadliest incident to date at any of the facilities, which are meant for short-term detention of migrants lacking legal status.
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