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Emily Olson

39 migrants are dead, 29 injured after a fire at an immigration facility in Mexico

Migrants grieve in front at a Mexican immigration detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on Tuesday. (Christian Chavez/AP)

At least 39 migrants are dead and 29 are injured following a fire Monday at an immigration processing facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, according to the country's National Migration Institute.

Images shared on social media by local journalists and published by The Associated Press showed bodies covered by silver sheets, firefighters transporting victims and ambulances waiting outside the facility, which is located just across the border from El Paso, Texas.

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