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

Thirty-eight dead in Mexico fire after guards didn't let migrants out

When smoke began billowing out of a migrant detention centre in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Venezuelan migrant Viangly Infante Padrón was terrified because she knew her husband was still inside.The father of her three children had been picked up by immigration agents earlier in the day, part of a recent crackdown that netted 67 other migrants, many of whom were asking for handouts or washing car windows at stoplights in this city a…

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

Why didn't authorities attempt to release the men — almost all from Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela and El Salvador — before smoke filled the room and killed so many?

38 dead in Mexico fire after guards didn't let migrants out | Chattanooga Times Free Press

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.

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

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — 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 father of her three children had been picked up by immigration agents earlier in the day, part of […]

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

Immigration authorities said they released 15 women when the fire broke out, but have not explained why no men were let out.

Mexico investigates 8 over deadly fire at migrant facility

Mexican authorities say eight employees or officials are being investigated for possible...