"Mexico's Deadly Migrant Center Fire Sparks Investigation and Tensions"

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"Mexico's Deadly Migrant Center Fire Sparks Investigation and Tensions"
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Mexican prosecutors are investigating the deadly fire at a migrant detention center as a possible homicide and have identified eight suspects, five of whom are security guards at the facility. The victims, who came from Central and Southern America, were not freed when the fire broke out, and video footage showed uniformed officials walking away as the blaze erupted. The majority of the 68 men in the facility were from Guatemala, with others from Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, and Venezuela. The fire comes at a time when Mexico is struggling to deal with an influx of migrants.

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