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LA activists call for justice in condemning the deaths of 39 immigrants in Ciudad Juarez

LOS ANGELES — Grief mixed with indignation is churning into fury among many Central American activists in Los Angeles this week as they pored over images of the Monday night inferno that engulfed Mexico’s National Migration Institute in Ciudad Juarez, killing at least 39 immigrant detainees.

Los Angeles Times

Mexico investigates 8 workers and officials over the fatal fire at a migrant facility

Authorities said Wednesday that they're looking into the actions of eight people for possible misconduct at the detention center, where a fire killed 39 men.

WEKU

Mexico accuses guards of locking detainees in to die in migrant centre fire ‘homicide’

Authorities say eight people are being investigated for deadly blaze

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Mexico investigates eight over fire that killed 39 at migrant facility

Authorities are looking into whether employees and officials are responsible for misconduct. Officials so far have largely blamed the tragedy on private, subcontracted security guards at the detention facility in Ciudad Juarez.

France 24

Mexico identifies 8 people possibly responsible for death of 39 in migrant center fire

Mexican prosecutors have identified eight people who may be responsible for the deaths of 39 people caused by a fire at a detention center in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's security minister Rosa Icela Rodriguez said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Mexican blame game over migrant deaths fuels tension in presidency race

The fire at a Mexican migrant holding center that killed dozens has triggered recriminations inside and outside President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's government, exposing tensions in his party ahead of next year's presidential election.

Reuters

20 Guatemalan migrants believed dead in Ciudad Juarez fire, Guatemala says

Twenty Guatemalans are believed to have died in a fire that broke out late on Monday at a migrant holding center in the Mexican northern border city Ciudad Juarez, the Guatemalan foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

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Mexican prosecutors investigating murder in deadly fire at migrant center

Migrants were locked in a cell as a blaze spread killing 39 people at a detention center in Mexico, witnesses and a survivor said on Wednesday, as Mexican prosecutors said they were investigating the incident as a possible homicide.

Reuters

What happened during Mexico fire that killed at least 40 and why were these people detained?

Countries face pressure to address the extraordinary number of people fleeing their homes

The Independent UK

Deadly migrant centre fire in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico: What we know

At least 38 people were killed after a fire broke out at a detention facility in Mexico near the US border.

Al Jazeera

38 dead in Mexico fire after guards didn't let migrants out

When smoke began billowing out of a migrant detention center in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Venezuelan migrant Viangly Infante Padrón was terrified because she knew her husband was still inside

The Independent UK

Fire at migrant center on US-Mexico border kills at least 40

A fire that killed 40 migrants who were about to be deported from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, highlights the increasing tension over that country's continued crackdown on migrants trying to reach the United States.

Tribune News Service

At least 40 migrants killed in a fire at a detention center in Mexico

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — At least 40 migrants were killed and dozens more were injured Monday night when a fire broke out in an immigrant detention center in Mexico, just south of the U.S. border, authorities said Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

Factbox-Deadly tragedies involving migrants crossing Mexico

At least 38 migrants died in the Mexican northern border city of Ciudad Juarez after a fire broke at a migrant detention center on Monday.

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The Independent UK

Deadly fire highlights immigration pressures on Mexico

The fire that killed at least 40 people at an immigration detention center in Mexico happened as Western hemisphere countries face pressure to address the extraordinary number of people fleeing their homes

Tribune News Service

39 migrants dead as fire adds to Mexico-US tensions

A fire that killed 39 migrants who were about to be deported from Ciudad Juarez highlights the increasing tension over Mexico’s continued crackdown on migrants aiming to reach the U.S.

Al Jazeera

US bears ‘moral weight’ of Mexico migrant tragedy: Advocates

Ciudad Juarez blaze that killed at least 38 migrants comes amid increasingly restrictive policies at US-Mexico border.

Los Angeles Times

Migrants fearing deportation set fire that killed at least 39, Mexico’s president says

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — At least 39 migrants were killed and dozens more were injured Monday night when a fire broke out in an immigrant detention center in Mexico, just south of the U.S. border, authorities said Tuesday.

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Daily Mirror

Inside horror immigration centre fire that killed 39 as ‘guards REFUSED to open door’

The fire at the detention centre of Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) in Ciudad Juarez, near the US-Mexico border and El Paso, Texas, reportedly started during a riot against deportations

Tribune News Service

39 migrants dead as fire highlights Mexico-US tension

A fire that killed 39 migrants who were about to be deported from Ciudad Juarez highlights the increasing tension over Mexico’s continued crackdown on migrants aiming to reach the U.S.

Bangkok Post

At least 39 migrants die in Mexico fire

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico: A fire started by migrants protesting against their expected deportation killed at least 39 people at a Mexican immigration detention centre near the US border, authorities said on Tuesday.

WEKU

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

At least 39 migrants are dead following a fire Monday in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, just across the U.S. border. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the migrants started the fire out of despair.

Reuters

Fire during protest at migrant center kills 38 in Mexico, officials say

At least 38 migrants from Central and South America died after a fire broke out late on Monday at a migrant detention center in the Mexican northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, apparently caused by a protest over deportations, officials said Tuesday.

The Independent UK

US repels migrants as asylum app frustration grows in Mexico

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman says a large number of migrants in Mexico who tried to push their way into the United States were prevented from crossing a bridge leading to El Paso, Texas, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Reuters

Struggling with US asylum app, migrant families split at border

Dozens of migrant families are splitting up at Mexico's northern border as they struggle to secure U.S. asylum appointments on a government app beset by high demand and persistent glitches, migrants and advocates say.

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