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‘No impunity’ for migrant detention centre fire: Mexico president

Fatima Pavon, a 12-year-old girl from Venezuela, takes part in a vigil outside the office of the National Institute of Migration (INM) in memory of those killed in the fire at a migrant detention centre, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 28, 2023 [Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters]

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has pledged there will be “no impunity” for those responsible for a fire at a detention centre that left dozens of migrants dead, as rights groups demand answers and call for accountability for this week’s fatal blaze.

“We will not hide anything and there will be no impunity,” Lopez Obrador said during his daily news briefing on Wednesday.

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