41 immigrants who died in a fire in Mexico were taken into custody; they were expelled from the USA

41 immigrants died in a fire at the immigration station. from the National Institute of Immigration (INM) of Mexico in Ciudad Juarez were locked up and set on fire, thinking they would be released.

The local newspaper La Verdad turned to government sources, who confirmed what the surviving immigrants said: the victims had been expelled from the United States and were incarcerated.

It is reported that 37 people died on the spotapparently poisoned by smoke, and four more people died in the hospital.

The tragedy occurred in the men’s hostelwhere there were 68 people, some of whom had been admitted a few hours earlier after an operation by the immigration authorities.

“It’s the fault of migrationwhat is happening is their fault,” Vianey Infante, a migrant from Venezuela, who was waiting for her husband’s release, told the portal.

The Mexican Attorney General’s Office (FGR) said most of the immigrants locked up in the shelter were from South and Central America: one Colombian, one Ecuadorian, 12 Salvadorans, 12 Venezuelans, 13 Hondurans and 28 Guatemalans.

INM facilities are located next to the Lerdo-Stanton International Bridge, across from the municipal government, and a few meters from the US border.

According to reports, the fire could have started around 9:00 pm in Ciudad Juarez.

INM investigates the factsbut in social networks, human rights activists demand to take responsibility for the tragedy and punish those responsible.

“Hi @INAMI: mx, you. is a state. You don’t regret or judge. You exercise authority and are responsible. And that’s the punishment if he did wrong first (as well as second), said Jorge Peniche, director of Transitional Justice in Mexico (JTMX).