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Mexico investigates top migration officials after deadly fire

A view shows the immigration detention center where several migrants died after a fire broke out late on Monday, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Mexican prosecutors have launched criminal proceedings against top immigration officials as they investigate a fire that killed 40 migrants in a detention center last month, the Attorney General's office said on Tuesday.

The people include the head of Mexico's National Migration Institute (INM), Francisco Garduno, and the agency's top representative in the northern state of Chihuahua where the fire occurred, Salvador Gonzalez, said two sources familiar with the matter.

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