Fire at migrant center in Mexico near El Paso kills at least 39

By artappraiser on Tue, 03/28/2023 - 6:54pm |

Mexico’s president said the fire started in the Ciudad Juárez center when migrants learned they would be deported and set fire to mattresses in protest. Twenty-nine injured migrants were sent to local hospitals

Footage from inside the facility shows men behind bars as smoke and flames fill the room and security staff appear to be running away.https://t.co/RCDbbAEsjh
— Uriel J. García (@ujohnnyg) March 28, 2023

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https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/28/migrant-deaths-juarez-mexico-el-paso-fire/

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The footage is reportedly from inside the Mexican immigrant detention facility, showing men behind bars as smoke and flames fill the room and security staff appear to be running away. https://t.co/kgpqXXHhcP
— Uriel J. García (@ujohnnyg) March 28, 2023

TUESDAY AFTERNOON Mexicans, alongside migrants, gathered at a special, solemn mass in Juarez to commemorate the victims of the fire Monday nite. W ⁦@lutorphoto⁩ & ⁦@imegarcia. Death count is at least 40, but several of injured r in bad condition. @dallasnews⁩ pic.twitter.com/qOkmmlHIKr
— Alfredo Corchado (@ajcorchado) March 28, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/28/2023 - 6:56pm

NEW! The @StateDept’s spox Vedant Patel says the US is ready to assist Mexico’s investigation into the cause of a fire that killed at least 41 migrants inside a detention center in Ciudad Juárez.

[AMLO already blamed the fire on migrants protesting inside the facility] pic.twitter.com/83wkyX7Hld
— José Díaz Briseño (@diazbriseno) March 28, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/28/2023 - 6:59pm

Mexican judge orders five held on homicide in migrant fire https://t.co/tNladcSS2j
— ClickOnDetroit (@clickondetroit) April 5, 2023

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/05/2023 - 1:17am

Fire at migrant center in Mexico near El Paso kills at least 39

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