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Ciudad Juarez Fire Kills Dozens - Who Is to Blame?
A fire at a Mexican detention center in Ciudad Juarez – across the border from El Paso – killed 39 people and wounded 29.
What happened and who is blame?
The fire occurred March 27, 2023.
Detainees from Central America and South America were protesting inside the detention facility.
What were they protesting? They thought they were either going to be moved to another facility in Tapachula, located in the state of Chiapas at the Guatemala border, or possibly deported to their home countries. So they protested.
#BREAKING MX: 39 migrants are dead and 29 are hurt after a fire at an immigration detention center in Ciudad Juarez— Across from El Paso. The Mexican government says the migrants are from Central and South America. The cause of the fire was not https://t.co/CNDCednwCS… pic.twitter.com/7196skDTt3
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) March 28, 2023
One of the illegal alien detainees set a mattress ablaze, and the fire soon got out of control.
Female detainees in another section were released. But 68 men being held there were not.
Not only that, but video has shown guards leaving without releasing the male detainees.
