At least 39 people were killed and 29 others were injured in a fire that broke out late Monday at a migrant center in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez near the U.S. border, according to officials.
Firefighters and Mexican soldiers stand guard during a rescue operations for migrants staying at a facility in Ciudad Juarez where a fire broke out on March 27. Photo: Herika Martinez/AFP via Getty Images
At least 39 people were killed and 29 others were injured in a fire that broke out late Monday at a migrant center in the northern Mexican city ofThe blaze erupted shortly before 10:00 pm local time, the National Immigration Institute said in a . At least 68 men from Central and South America were staying at the center in Ciudad Juárez, which is just across the border with El Paso, Texas, the institute added."The National Institute of Migration strongly rejects the acts that led to this tragedy," the agency added without elaborating.
Many South and Central American migrants and asylum seekers who make the trek north are fleeing economic instability, violence or, in some cases, political persecution.
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