CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) -At least 39 migrants died after a fire broke out at a migrant facility in the Mexican northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, the government’s National Migration Institute (INM) said on Tuesday. In a statement, the INM said there were 68 adult men from Central and South America staying at the […]
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At least 39 migrants killed in fire in Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) -At least 39 migrants died after a fire broke out at a migrant facility in the Mexican northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, the government’s National Migration Institute (INM) said on Tuesday.
In a statement, the INM said there were 68 adult men from Central and South America staying at the facility.
Twenty-nine migrants were also injured in the blaze and were taken to four hospitals in the area, the institute said.
(Reporting by Jose Luis Gonzalez in Ciudad Juarez and Lizbeth Diaz in Mexico City; Writing by Brendan O’Boyle; Editing by Anthony Esposito and Andrew Heavens)