Migrants start fire at Mexico detention center, killing 39
by: MARÍA VERZA, Associated Press
Posted: Mar 28, 2023 / 10:23 AM CDT
Updated: Mar 28, 2023 / 04:03 PM CDT
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico, starting a fire that killed at least 40 people, the president said Tuesday, in one of the deadliest events ever at a Mexican immigration lockup.
UPDATED: Fire kills 39 people at Juarez migrant center
Hours after the fire broke out late Monday, rows of bodies were laid out under shimmery silver sheets outside the facility in Ciudad Juarez, which is across from El Paso, Texas, and a major crossing point for migrants. Ambulances, firefighters and vans from the morgue swarmed the scene.
Twenty-nine people were injured and are in “delicate-serious” condition, according to the National Immigration Institute.
At the time of the blaze, 68 men from Central and South America were being held at the facility, the agency said.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/migrant-centers/mexico-migrants-lit-mattresses-in-protest-fire-killed-39/