{"id":5311,"date":"2023-03-28T12:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=5311"},"modified":"2023-03-28T12:43:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:43:01","slug":"fire-at-mexican-immigration-center-near-us-border-kills-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/brusselsindependent\/fire-at-mexican-immigration-center-near-us-border-kills-39\/2023\/03\/28\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire at Mexican immigration center near US border kills 39"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEXICO<\/span> CITY<\/span> (Brussels Independent with AP)<\/span> —<\/span> More<\/span> than<\/span> 30<\/span> migrants<\/span> died<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> dormitory<\/span> fire<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> Mexican<\/span> immigration<\/span> detention<\/span> center<\/span> near<\/span> the<\/span> US<\/span> border,<\/span> government<\/span> agencies<\/span> said<\/span> Tuesday<\/span>.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Lines<\/span> of<\/span> bodies<\/span> line<\/span> up<\/span> under<\/span> gleaming<\/span> silver<\/span> sheets<\/span> outside<\/span> the<\/span> Ciudad<\/span> Ju\u00e1rez<\/span> facility<\/span> across<\/span> from<\/span> El<\/span> Paso,<\/span> Texas,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> main<\/span> border<\/span> crossing<\/span> for<\/span> immigrants,<\/span> hours<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> fire<\/span> broke<\/span> out<\/span> late<\/span> Monday.<\/span> was<\/span> given.<\/span> Ambulances,<\/span> firefighters<\/span> and<\/span> morgue<\/span> vans<\/span> drove<\/span> past<\/span> the<\/span> scene.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Thirty-nine<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> killed<\/span> and<\/span> 29<\/span> injured,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> National<\/span> Institute<\/span> of<\/span> Migration.<\/span> This<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> deadliest<\/span> incident<\/span> at<\/span> Mexican<\/span> immigration<\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> memory.<\/span> Authorities<\/span> are<\/span> investigating<\/span> the<\/span> cause<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> fire,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> state’s<\/span> National<\/span> Human<\/span> Rights<\/span> Commission<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> called<\/span> to<\/span> assist<\/span> migrants.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> Ciudad<\/span> Ju\u00e1rez,<\/span> where<\/span> tensions<\/span> between<\/span> authorities<\/span> and<\/span> immigrants<\/span> have<\/span> appeared<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> increased<\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> weeks,<\/span> shelters<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> opened<\/span> for<\/span> those<\/span> awaiting<\/span> an<\/span> opportunity<\/span> to<\/span> enter<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> or<\/span> for<\/span> those<\/span> who<\/span> have<\/span> applied<\/span> for<\/span> asylum<\/span> and<\/span> are<\/span> awaiting<\/span> trial.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>More<\/span> than<\/span> 30<\/span> migrant<\/span> shelters<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> advocacy<\/span> groups<\/span> issued<\/span> an<\/span> open<\/span> letter<\/span> to<\/span> him<\/span> on<\/span> March<\/span> 9,<\/span> lamenting<\/span> the<\/span> criminalization<\/span> of<\/span> immigrants<\/span> and<\/span> asylum<\/span> seekers<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> city.<\/span> She<\/span> accused<\/span> authorities<\/span> of<\/span> ill-treatment<\/span> and<\/span> excessive<\/span> use<\/span> of<\/span> force<\/span> in<\/span> detaining<\/span> immigrants,<\/span> and<\/span> complained<\/span> that<\/span> city<\/span> police<\/span> interrogated<\/span> people<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> streets<\/span> without<\/span> reason<\/span> about<\/span> their<\/span> immigration<\/span> status.<\/span> High<\/span> levels<\/span> of<\/span> dissatisfaction<\/span> in<\/span> Ciudad<\/span> Ju\u00e1rez<\/span> prompted<\/span> hundreds<\/span> of<\/span> mostly<\/span> Venezuelan<\/span> migrants<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> forced<\/span> across<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> international<\/span> bridges<\/span> earlier<\/span> this<\/span> month,<\/span> based<\/span> on<\/span> erroneous<\/span> rumors<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> would<\/span> allow<\/span> them<\/span> to<\/span> enter<\/span> Venezuela.<\/span> It<\/span> became<\/span> clear<\/span> when<\/span> I<\/span> tried<\/span> to<\/span> enter<\/span> the<\/span> country.<\/span> El<\/span> Paso.<\/span> US<\/span> authorities<\/span> blocked<\/span> their<\/span> attempt.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> National<\/span> Immigration<\/span> Service<\/span> said<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> it<\/span> “strongly<\/span> denies<\/span> the<\/span> actions<\/span> that<\/span> led<\/span> to<\/span> this<\/span> tragedy”<\/span> and<\/span> offered<\/span> no<\/span> further<\/span> explanation<\/span> as<\/span> to<\/span> what<\/span> those<\/span> actions<\/span> were.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> recent<\/span> years,<\/span> under<\/span> pressure<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> U.S.<\/span> government,<\/span> the<\/span> institution<\/span> has<\/span> struggled<\/span> with<\/span> overcrowding<\/span> as<\/span> Mexico<\/span> stepped<\/span> up<\/span> efforts<\/span> to<\/span> stem<\/span> the<\/span> flow<\/span> of<\/span> migrants<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> U.S.<\/span> border.<\/span> And<\/span> the<\/span> country’s<\/span> immigration<\/span> lockdown<\/span> has<\/span> seen<\/span> protests<\/span> and<\/span> riots<\/span> from<\/span> time<\/span> to<\/span> time.<\/span> In<\/span> October<\/span> migrants,<\/span> mostly<\/span> Venezuelans,<\/span> rioted<\/span> at<\/span> an<\/span> immigration<\/span> center<\/span> in<\/span> Tijuana,<\/span> which<\/span> was<\/span> under<\/span> police<\/span> and<\/span> National<\/span> Guard<\/span> control.<\/span> In<\/span> November,<\/span> dozens<\/span> of<\/span> migrants<\/span> rioted<\/span> at<\/span> Mexico’s<\/span> largest<\/span> detention<\/span> center<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> southern<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Tapachula,<\/span> near<\/span> the<\/span> border<\/span> with<\/span> Guatemala.<\/span> No<\/span> one<\/span> died<\/span> in<\/span> either<\/span> incident.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MEXICO CITY (Brussels Independent with AP) — More than 30 migrants died in a dormitory fire at a Mexican immigration detention center near the US border, government agencies said Tuesday. Lines of bodies line up under gleaming silver sheets outside the Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez facility across from El Paso, Texas, and the main border crossing for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2412,1,1034,2400],"tags":[2837,2822,2838,2823,2839,2824,2840,2825,2841,2826,2842,2827,2843,2828,2829,2830,2831,2832,2833,2834,2835,2836],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-2-2.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5313,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5311\/revisions\/5313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}