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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Sharp and Alex Woodward

At least 39 people dead in Mexican immigration centre after mattresses set ablaze in protest, president says

AP

At least 39 people have died and at least 29 others are injured after a lethal blaze inside a government-run immigration facility in Mexico near the country’s border with the United States.

The fire broke out inside the National Migration Institute in Ciudad Juarez, across from the US-Mexico border near El Paso, Texas, shortly before 10pm on 27 March, according to Mexico’s National Immigration Institute.

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