At Least 37 Dead After Fire Engulfs U.S. – Mexico Border Migrant Facility
At Least 37 Dead After Fire Engulfs U.S. – Mexico Border Migrant Facility
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by SIMON KENT 28 Mar 2023
A deadly fire engulfed a migrant processing centre at Ciudad Juárez on the U.S.-Mexico border early Tuesday morning with local reports saying at least 37 people died in the blaze and dozens more were left injured.
Two local government rescue sources told Reuters news agency of the death toll which is expected to grow throughout the day.
The facility is located near the Stanton International Bridge, which links Ciudad Juarez to El Paso, Texas.
Although authorities have not yet released official reports, the El Diario and El Heraldo have also reported that at least 37 people were killed, according to the Daily Mail.
Another 40 people were believed to have been evacuated from the area and taken to local hospitals for treatment.
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Image taken from a video showing bodies lying under shimmery silver sheets outside an immigration center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. At least three dozen migrants have died in a fire at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico near the U.S. border. Images from the scene showed rows of bodies lying under shimmery silver sheets outside the facility in Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo)
Footage from the scene showed soldiers and firefighters helping the injured to safety from inside a building at the National Migration Institute.
The fire broke out shortly before midnight, prompting the mobilization of firefighters and dozens of ambulances.
Ciudad Juarez, which neighbors El Paso, Texas, is one of the border towns where undocumented migrants wait before trying to cross into the U.S. as Breitbart News reported.
There has been no official statement about what may have caused the blaze but local newspapers reported there had been a disturbance inside the centre just before the fire, the BBC reports.
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Photographs released by Reuters show a number of bodies covered in foil blankets lying outside the building.
Mexico’s attorney general’s office has launched a inquiry and has investigators at the scene, according to media reports.
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At least 39 people killed in fire at migrant center in Mexico near U.S. border
At least 39 people killed in fire at migrant center in Mexico near U.S. border
The victims are all men from Central and South America who were being held in the center when the fire broke out, officials said.
By Madeleine Hubbard
Updated: March 28, 2023 - 10:01am
At least 39 people were killed at a migrant center in the northern Mexico city of Ciudad Juarez after migrants there set fire to a mattress, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.
They said the fire broke out at the National Migration Institute Office after authorities picked up more than 70 migrants from the streets of Ciudad Juarez, CNN reported.
The migrants started the fire because they feared being deported, the president said. In total, 39 people died and 29 are injured in "delicate-serious" conditions, the National Migration Institute said, according to The Associated Press.
The victims are all men from Central and South America who were being held in the center when the fire broke out, the agency said.
The fire comes as record numbers of illegal migrants have been coming to the United States. Ciudad Juarez is a major border crossing point, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, and the shelters there are full of migrants waiting to enter the United States.
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Fatal Mexican Detention Center Fire near U.S. Border Set by Protesting Migrants
Fatal Mexican Detention Center Fire near U.S. Border Set by Protesting Migrants
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by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ and BRANDON DARBY 28 Mar 2023
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced Tuesday that 39 migrants died during a fire at a detention center in Ciudad Juarez. The president said detained migrants started the fire during a protest after the group learned they were going to be deported.
The incident took place on Monday night shortly after 9:30 p.m. at a detention facility run by Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM). The fire began when a group of migrants became agitated and stacked sleeping mats by the door and set them ablaze.
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AMLO blames migrants for fire that killed 39 of them in Cd. Juárez:
“This had to do with a protest that (the migrants) started after we suppose they found out that they were going to be deported & as a protest they placed mats at the door of the shelter & set them on fire”
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9:40 AM · Mar 28, 2023
“They didn’t imagine that this would cause such a terrible tragedy,” the Mexican president said during his morning news conference. “We still don’t know the names or the nationalities of those who lost their lives. It is so sad for this to happen.”
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Se habla de 37 migrantes muertos y decenas de lesionados tras incendio en el Instituto Nacional de Migración de Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
There is talk of 37 migrants dead and dozens injured after a fire at the National Institute of Migration in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
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1:45 AM · Mar 28, 2023
In a prepared statement, INM officials revealed that the incident was under investigation. The investigation has been referred to Mexico’s Human Rights Commission.
In total, the shelter held 68 migrants. Authorities were providing medical care to the 29 migrants who survived.
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#Comunicado| @INAMI_mx lamenta el fallecimiento de 39 personas migrantes extranjeras, derivado de un incendio que se originó poco antes de las 22:00 hrs del lunes en el área de alojamiento de la Estancia Provisional de Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua. https://bit.ly/3zcDmLT
regrets the death of 39 foreign migrants, derived from a fire that started shortly before 10:00 p.m. on Monday in the accommodation area of the Provisional Stay in Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua.
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6:41 AM · Mar 28, 2023
An alarming revelation came in the aftermath when a local news outlet revealed that the migrants had been locked inside the sleeping area of the facility by INM agents and had not been able to escape when the fire started.
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#EnPortada | Los migrantes fallecidos se encontraban encerrados bajo llave en área de alojamiento temporal para personas del sexo masculino de estancia migratoria, reportaron fuentes consultadas; culpan de la tragedia a personal del @INAMI_mx
The deceased migrants were locked up in a temporary accommodation area for male persons with a migratory stay, reported sources consulted; They blame the tragedy on @INAMI_mx staff
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Atrapados en incendio, 41 migrantes mueren en estación del INM en Ciudad Juárez
Los migrantes fallecidos se encontraban encerrados bajo llave en área de alojamiento temporal para personas del sexo masculino de estancia migratoria, reportaron fuentes consultadas; culpan de la...
9:53 AM · Mar 28, 2023
What the INM statement does not reveal is why their national monitoring system, which has several cameras inside, did not alert authorities about the fire or the protests when they first began. As Breitbart Texas reported, INM has a state-of-the-art monitoring center with thousands of cameras that are hooked up to all of the detention centers and facilities. That center has been plagued with allegations of corruption and mismanagement.
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