Mexico probes migrant fire deaths as homicide

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 31, 2023 12:23 am

MEXICO CITY: Mexican prosecutors on Wednesday announced a homicide investigation on the recent deaths of 39 migrants in a detention center fire, accusing the people in charge of doing nothing to evacuate them.

Authorities faced mounting scrutiny of their handling of the disaster after video surveillance footage appeared to show guards leaving as flames engulfed a cell with migrants locked inside.

ENDLESS EXODUS Migrants look on from the Mexican side of the United States-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, northern Mexico on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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