In social networks and Mexican media Several videos are circulating showing the magnitude of the tragedy where 40 migrants lost their lives after the fire in a center of the National Institute of Migration in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, a border state with the United States.
39 migrants die in a fire at the center of the National Institute of Migration in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, on Monday night
They report 29 injuries pic.twitter.com/puqItKumRr— Literal México (@literalmexico) March 28, 2023
According to the authorities, The fire started around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, March 27, where more than 60 male migrants were sheltering hoping to get papers that would allow them to legally cross into the United States.
The 4T already has its ABC kindergarten tragedy. Negligence of human beings in your charge burned. What happened in Ciudad Juárez is unacceptable. Overcrowded, they left #migrants locked up to die, 39 dead and 29 injured, some seriously pic.twitter.com/4fQ4ytcxt8— Alfredo Alvarez (@AlfredoAlvarezz) March 28, 2023
Authorities of the Mexican Prosecutor’s Office and the National Institute of Migration reported that in this immigration center There were 28 Guatemalans, 12 Salvadorans, 13 Hondurans, 12 Venezuelans, 1 Colombian and 1 Ecuadorian..
🔴🎥 President Andrés Manuel López Obrador assures that the fire in a center of the National Institute of Migration in Ciudad Juárez was caused by the burning of mattresses after the migrants found out that they were going to be deported 🔗 https://t.co /7cC4vB4DiP pic.twitter.com/AOB9yf9bPj— EL PAÍS Mexico (@elpaismexico) March 28, 2023
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador reported that the migrants set fire to mats in protest at the possibility of being deported to their respective countries.
After the tragedy, the relatives of the victims are outside the INM facilitieslocated on the Stanton-Lerdo International Bridge that connects Ciudad Juárez with El Paso Texas, seeking to know what will happen to the bodies of their loved ones in addition to demanding “justice.”
🔴 Migrants demand support to continue in the country and demanded justice for the victims of the fire in a provisional stay of the INM in Ciudad Juárez.
📹 Ismael Villagómez | @heraldodejuarez pic.twitter.com/SVXpdGtlYF— The Sun of Mexico (@elsolde_mexico) March 28, 2023
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