A fire that killed at least 39 people at a migrant holding facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on Monday underscores the dangers asylum seekers and others trying to enter the U.S. face.
A Venezuelan woman who identified herself only as Vinagly looks into an ambulance carrying her husband, who was injured in a fire at a Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, facility for migrants last night. Photo: Hérika Martínez/AFP via Getty Images, Mexico, underscores the dangers asylum seekers and others trying to enter the U.S. face.and 29 others were injured in the fire, which broke out late Monday near the U.S. border, according to Mexican authorities.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at his press conference this morning that the fire started as a protest when the migrants learned they would be deported.Investigators have not confirmed any other details related to the blaze.Hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and other Latin American nations have attempted to travel to the U.S.
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