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Guards Filmed Walking Away from Burning Mexican Detention Center Where 38 Migrants Died
Loaded on May 19, 2023
by Chuck Sharman, Jordan Arizmendi
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Fire Hazards,
Detention - Generally,
Deliberate Indifference.
Location:
Mexico.
by Jordan Arizmendi and Chuck Sharman
A huge fire inside an immigration detention facility in Ciudad Juarez, just across the Mexican border from El Paso, killed 38 men on March 28, 2023. Another 28 were left with injuries, according to Mexico’s National Immigration Institute.
While smoke filled the building and ...
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