On Tuesday, March 28, 38 migrants died and 28 others were injured in a fire at a detention center in Ciudad Juarez, northern Mexico, on the border with the United States, according to authorities.
After announcing the death of 40 migrants a few hours ago, the National Institute of Migration indicated in a press release that after visiting the hospitals to which the victims were transferred, The death toll has been updated and 38 deaths have been confirmed..
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In the aftermath of the tragedy, the United Nations called for easier migration routes “security” To the United States, the US ambassador to Mexico insisted “Fix a broken relay system” with its partners in the region.
criticized the Mexican authorities
According to Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, it was immigrants who set fire to the mattresses in a movement “object” : “We assume that they knew they were going to be expelled and transferred.”
We call on countries in the region to deal humanely, fairly and effectively with the increasing flows of people across the Americas.For his part, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi.
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asked UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “full investigation” And they got engaged “To continue to work with the authorities of the countries” area l “To create safer, more orderly and orderly immigration routes”According to his spokesman Stéphane Dujarric.
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“We reiterate our commitment to continue working with governments in the region and our partners to fix this broken immigration system.”said US Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar. It is also To address the root causes migration, a “Regional challenge” According to him.
This tragedy, and the two previous ones, took place in Texas in June 2022 and in southern Mexico in December 2021 “reminder” dangers faced by immigrants “traffickers in human beings”The diplomat insisted, calling for emigration “legal”.
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Amnesty International, for its part, pointed the finger “As a result of the restrictive and harsh immigration policies shared by the governments of Mexico and the United States”. How is it possible that the Mexican authorities left a human being in captivity with no possibility of escaping from the fire? »He blamed Erika Guevara Rosas, the organization’s director for the Americas, in a press release.
in between “Determined Migrants” There are 28 Guatemalans, 13 Hondurans, 13 Venezuelans, 12 Salvadorans, Colombians and Ecuadorians, as noted by the Mexico Attorney General’s Office, citing the Migration Institute, without distinguishing between dead and injured.
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We are treated like dogs.
The fire, which is unprecedented in migrant facilities in the country, started just before midnight on the night of Monday to Tuesday. And it broke out in one of the detention centers, according to the governor of the state of Chihuahua, María Eugenia Campos, and the testimony of other migrants.
Distributed by several media certified by the competent authorities “regrets” A videotape was broadcast showing the outbreak of the fire. Behind bars, in the smoke, one man kicks a closed door while another appears to place a mattress on the floor. Then they retreat with other individuals. In the foreground, on the other side of the cell, three officers, two of them in uniform, retired off the screen with their backs to them, without their assistance.
In the previous days, local authorities in Juarez had raised their voices against immigrants, urging them to stop offering their informal services on the streets.
Viangeli, who is Venezuelan, says her husband of 27 years was taken away after he was caught on a news report when she said he had Mexican papers. The young woman screamed in despair as she tried to look inside an ambulance and complained to the center officials “don’t say anything” : “We are human too, we have feelings, and we are treated like dogs.”
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City stop before us
Ciudad Juarez, adjacent to El Paso (Texas), is one of the border cities where many illegal immigrants seek to get to the United States to seek asylum after a long journey. Since 2014, about 7,661 migrants have died or gone missing en route to the United States, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
US President Joe Biden introduced new restrictive measures in February, forcing migrants to apply in transit countries or online. The actions also provide for the US to repeatedly resort to immediate expulsions, accompanied by a five-year ban on new entry into the territory.
