UNBELIEVABLE: 2 - The Untold Story

Across Latin America, families reel from migrant centre fire

Distraught families wait for news of loved-ones identified as victims in fatal Mexican detention centre blaze.

Al Jazeera · Mar 30, 2023

LA activists call for justice in condemning the deaths of 39 immigrants in Ciudad Juarez

LOS ANGELES — Grief mixed with indignation is churning into fury among many Central American activists in Los Angeles this week as they pored over images of the Monday night inferno that engulfed Mexico’s National Migration Institute in Ciudad Juarez, killing at least 39 immigrant detainees.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 30, 2023

Mexico investigates 8 workers and officials over the fatal fire at a migrant facility

Authorities said Wednesday that they're looking into the actions of eight people for possible misconduct at the detention center, where a fire killed 39 men.

WEKU · Mar 30, 2023

20 Guatemalan migrants believed dead in Ciudad Juarez fire, Guatemala says

Twenty Guatemalans are believed to have died in a fire that broke out late on Monday at a migrant holding center in the Mexican northern border city Ciudad Juarez, the Guatemalan foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Mar 29, 2023

Mexican prosecutors investigating murder in deadly fire at migrant center

Migrants were locked in a cell as a blaze spread killing 39 people at a detention center in Mexico, witnesses and a survivor said on Wednesday, as Mexican prosecutors said they were investigating the incident as a possible homicide.

Reuters · Mar 29, 2023

What happened during Mexico fire that killed at least 40 and why were these people detained?

Countries face pressure to address the extraordinary number of people fleeing their homes

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023

Deadly migrant centre fire in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico: What we know

At least 38 people were killed after a fire broke out at a detention facility in Mexico near the US border.

Al Jazeera · Mar 29, 2023

38 dead in Mexico fire after guards didn't let migrants out

When smoke began billowing out of a migrant detention center in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Venezuelan migrant Viangly Infante Padrón was terrified because she knew her husband was still inside

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023

Fire at migrant center on US-Mexico border kills at least 40

A fire that killed 40 migrants who were about to be deported from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, highlights the increasing tension over that country's continued crackdown on migrants trying to reach the United States.

Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2023

At least 40 migrants killed in a fire at a detention center in Mexico

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — At least 40 migrants were killed and dozens more were injured Monday night when a fire broke out in an immigrant detention center in Mexico, just south of the U.S. border, authorities said Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 29, 2023