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Perry Gerenday/Getty Images(NEW YORK) A fire broke out at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday, killing at least 38 people, officials said.
The blaze began as the result of a protest by people being held in the facility, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico said in a morning press conference. Protestors lit a mattress on fire inside the building, after some at the facility were informed they d be deported, Obrador said.
"We do not yet know the names and nationalities of those who lost their lives," he said, adding that they were mainly from Central America.
The Mexican National Institute of Migration (INM) said Tuesday night there were 38 people confirmed dead. The INM had previously said 40 people died in the fire.
In a tweet Tuesday night, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said the people responsible for the fire have been brought before the Mexican attorney general.
Perry Gerenday/Getty Images(NEW YORK) A fire broke out at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday, killing at least 38 people, officials said.
The blaze began as the result of a protest by people being held in the facility, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico said in a morning press conference. Protestors lit a mattress on fire inside the building, after some at the facility were informed they d be deported, Obrador said.
"We do not yet know the names and nationalities of those who lost their lives," he said, adding that they were mainly from Central America.
The Mexican National Institute of Migration (INM) said Tuesday night there were 38 people confirmed dead. The INM had previously said 40 people died in the fire.
In a tweet Tuesday night, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said the people responsible for the fire have been brought before the Mexican attorney general.
Perry Gerenday/Getty Images(NEW YORK) A fire broke out at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday, killing at least 38 people, officials said.
The blaze began as the result of a protest by people being held in the facility, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico said in a morning press conference. Protestors lit a mattress on fire inside the building, after some at the facility were informed they d be deported, Obrador said.
"We do not yet know the names and nationalities of those who lost their lives," he said, adding that they were mainly from Central America.
The Mexican National Institute of Migration (INM) said Tuesday night there were 38 people confirmed dead. The INM had previously said 40 people died in the fire.
In a tweet Tuesday night, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said the people responsible for the fire have been brought before the Mexican attorney general.
Perry Gerenday/Getty Images(NEW YORK) A fire broke out at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday, killing at least 38 people, officials said.
The blaze began as the result of a protest by people being held in the facility, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico said in a morning press conference. Protestors lit a mattress on fire inside the building, after some at the facility were informed they d be deported, Obrador said.
"We do not yet know the names and nationalities of those who lost their lives," he said, adding that they were mainly from Central America.
The Mexican National Institute of Migration (INM) said Tuesday night there were 38 people confirmed dead. The INM had previously said 40 people died in the fire.
In a tweet Tuesday night, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said the people responsible for the fire have been brought before the Mexican attorney general.
Perry Gerenday/Getty Images(NEW YORK) A fire broke out at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday, killing at least 39 people, ....