Migrant deaths at Mexican detention centre investigated as suspected homicide
by Marisol Chávez in Ciudad Juarez and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#6AAHY)
Several arrest warrants requested after video emerges which appears to show guards leaving as fire engulfs a cell with migrants locked inside
The deaths of at least 39 migrants in a fire at a Mexican detention centre are being investigated as suspected homicides, a prosecutor has said, accusing those in charge of doing nothing to evacuate the victims.
Authorities faced mounting scrutiny of their handling of the disaster after video surveillance footage appeared to show guards leaving as flames engulfed a cell with migrants locked inside.
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