Mexican prosecutors announce homicide investigation into recent deaths of 39 migrants in a detention centre fire, accusing people in charge of doing nothing to evacuate them
"None of the public servants or the private security personnel took any action to open the door for the migrants who were inside," says a prosecutor.
"None of the public servants or the private security personnel took any action to open the door for the migrants who were inside," she told reporters. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador earlier vowed there would be "no impunity" over the tragedy in Ciudad Juarez near the US border. Those found to have been responsible for "causing this painful tragedy will be punished in conformity with the law," he said.
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