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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
By Fabiola Snchez,Sonia Prez D. and Mara Verza

Mexican immigration agency chief to be charged in fatal fire

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Mexico’s top immigration official will face criminal charges in a fire that killed 40 migrants in Ciudad Juarez last month, with federal prosecutors saying he was remiss in not preventing the disaster despite earlier indications of problems at his agency's detention centers.

The decision to file charges against Francisco Garduño, the head of Mexico’s National Immigration Institute, was announced late Tuesday by the federal Attorney General's Office.

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