At least 38 people died Monday and about two dozen others were injured in yet another tragedy involving migrants desperate for a safer life in the U.S.
CIUDAD JUÁREZ – The deadly fire at a migrant detention center in this border city across El Paso is renewing calls by immigrant advocates to improve asylum processes for those trying to cross from Mexico to the U.S. – and to rethink how migrants are detained in Mexico.
Mexican authorities said late Wednesday that eight employees or officials are being investigated for possible misconduct at a migrant detention center where a fireMexican officials appeared to place blame for the deaths in the fire largely on private, subcontracted security guards at the detention center. Video showed guards hurrying away from the smoky fire apparently without trying to free detainees.
Surveillance video shows migrants, reportedly fearing they were about to be moved, placing foam mattresses against the bars of their detention cell and setting them on fire.
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