At least 39&nbsp;people were killed after a fire broke out at a migration detention centre near the United States and Mexico border, on early Tuesday (March 28), said the government's National Migration Institute (INM). The incident took place&nbsp;late Monday just before 10:00 pm&nbsp;in Mexico’s northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas&nbsp;in a facility run by the INM.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The INM "of the Interior Ministry regrets the deaths -- so far -- of 39 foreign migrants, caused by a fire," said the government agency in a statement.&nbsp;It added, 68 adult men from Central and South America were&nbsp;staying at the facility.&nbsp;

Some 29 migrants were injured and were taken to&nbsp;four hospitals in the area, said the INM. 
 
The national immigration agency also said that it "energetically rejects the actions that led to this tragedy”, without any further explanations about what those&nbsp;actions might have been.&nbsp;

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Meanwhile, Mexico’s prosecutor general has begun an investigation into the incident, said the federal deputy of Ciudad Juarez, Andrea Chávez, in a statement on Facebook. Notably,&nbsp;Ciudad Juarez is a major crossing point for migrants entering the US.&nbsp;

However, hours later, Mexico's President&nbsp;Andrés Manuel López Obrador&nbsp;called&nbsp;the incident unfortunate and said that the fire was started by&nbsp;migrants who set mattresses ablaze&nbsp;in protest after learning they would be deported, said a report by the Associated Press. He added, "They never imagined that this would cause this terrible misfortune."&nbsp;

Reports suggest that a large number of the victims were&nbsp;Venezuelan migrants. However,&nbsp;a Mexican official, who was not named, told Reuters that among those who died&nbsp;included migrants from Guatemala and Honduras.&nbsp; 
 
A&nbsp;Venezuelan woman standing outside the&nbsp;immigration centre told AFP that her&nbsp;27-year-old husband had been detained there. "He was taken away in an ambulance," the woman named Vinagly told&nbsp;the news agency,&nbsp;adding that&nbsp;her husband had documents allowing him to remain in Mexico. "They (immigration officials) don't tell you anything. A family member can die and they don't tell you he's dead,"&nbsp;said Vinagly.&nbsp; 
 
In a separate statement to Reuters, the&nbsp;Venezuelan national said that her husband&nbsp;was in a holding cell inside the facility when the fire started and survived by dousing himself in water and pressing against a door.&nbsp;

The incident took place in a facility located at Stanton-Lerdo Bridge, which links Mexico and the US. In recent weeks, the Mexican city&nbsp;of Ciudad Juárez has witnessed an influx of people. The fire is also said to be&nbsp;one of the deadliest to hit the country in years.&nbsp;

CCTV footage shows guards walking away

Video from the scene shows guards quickly walking away after the migrants set mattresses on fire.&nbsp;Two people dressed as guards can be seen rushing into the camera frame, and one migrant appears by the metal gate on the other side. But the guards don't make any effort to open the cell doors, the video shows. They can instead be seen running away as billowing clouds of smoke filled the structure within seconds.

Adán Augusto López, Mexico’s interior secretary, confirmed to local journalist Joaquín López Doriga that the video is authentic.&nbsp;Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the migrants started the fire after learning they would be deported. 
 
(With inputs from agencies) 
 
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At least 39 people were killed after a fire broke out at a migration detention centre near the United States and Mexico border, on early Tuesday (March 28), said the government's National Migration Institute (INM).

At least 39 people were killed after a fire broke out at a migration detention centre near the United States and Mexico border, on early Tuesday (March 28), said the government's National Migration Institute (INM). The incident took place late Monday just before 10:00 pm in Mexico’s northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas in a facility run by the INM. The INM "of the Interior Ministry regrets the deaths -- so far -- of 39 foreign migrants, caused by a fire," said the government agency in a statement. It added, 68 adult men from Central and South America were staying at the facility. Some 29 migrants were injured and were taken to four hospitals in the area, said the INM. The national immigration agency also said that it "energetically rejects the actions that led to this tragedy”, without any further explanations about what those actions might have been. #Comunicado 🗞️| @INAMI_mx lamenta el fallecimiento de 39 personas migrantes extranjeras, derivado de un incendio que se originó poco antes de las 22:00 hrs del lunes en el área de alojamiento de la Estancia Provisional de Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua. https://t.co/NCe0yExH9T pic.twitter.com/vhT9cgXzsq — INM (@INAMI_mx) March 28, 2023 × Meanwhile, Mexico’s prosecutor general has begun an investigation into the incident, said the federal deputy of Ciudad Juarez, Andrea Chávez, in a statement on Facebook. Notably, Ciudad Juarez is a major crossing point for migrants entering the US. However, hours later, Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called the incident unfortunate and said that the fire was started by migrants who set mattresses ablaze in protest after learning they would be deported, said a report by the Associated Press. He added, "They never imagined that this would cause this terrible misfortune." Reports suggest that a large number of the victims were Venezuelan migrants. However, a Mexican official, who was not named, told Reuters that among those who died included migrants from Guatemala and Honduras. A Venezuelan woman standing outside the immigration centre told AFP that her 27-year-old husband had been detained there. "He was taken away in an ambulance," the woman named Vinagly told the news agency, adding that her husband had documents allowing him to remain in Mexico. "They (immigration officials) don't tell you anything. A family member can die and they don't tell you he's dead," said Vinagly. In a separate statement to Reuters, the Venezuelan national said that her husband was in a holding cell inside the facility when the fire started and survived by dousing himself in water and pressing against a door. The incident took place in a facility located at Stanton-Lerdo Bridge, which links Mexico and the US. In recent weeks, the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez has witnessed an influx of people. The fire is also said to be one of the deadliest to hit the country in years. CCTV footage shows guards walking away Video from the scene shows guards quickly walking away after the migrants set mattresses on fire. Two people dressed as guards can be seen rushing into the camera frame, and one migrant appears by the metal gate on the other side. But the guards don't make any effort to open the cell doors, the video shows. They can instead be seen running away as billowing clouds of smoke filled the structure within seconds. Adán Augusto López, Mexico’s interior secretary, confirmed to local journalist Joaquín López Doriga that the video is authentic. Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the migrants started the fire after learning they would be deported. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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