Reports: Dozens feared dead at migrant facility in Mexico
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A Mexican newspaper reports that at least three dozen migrants died in a fire at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico near the U.S. border.
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At least 39 dead in fire at Mexico migrant center near US border
A fire broke out at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico near the U.S. border, leaving more than three dozen migrants dead, a Mexican official said Tuesday. Hours after the fire broke out late Monday, rows of bodies were laid out under shimmery silver sheets outside the facility in Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas
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"They put mats at the door of the shelter and set them on fire as a protest, and did not imagine that it would cause this terrible tragedy," he told reporters
Fire breaks out at migrant detention facility in Mexico; several people dead
An official with the National Immigration Institute said 39 people died and 29 were injured in a fire in an immigration detention facility in northern Mexico, near the U.S. border.
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Migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention centre in northern Mexico, starting a fire that left 39 dead, the president said Tuesday following one of the the deadliest incidents ever at an immigration lockup in the country.