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the 40 migrants who died from a fire in an immigration center on the northern border of Mexico They could not escape because the person who had the key was not there, the Mexican president declared Tuesday, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
The Mexican president insisted in his usual press conference, in the National Palacethat these migrants They intended to protest and for this reason they set fire to mattresses, causing a fire that would also intoxicate them until their death.
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“Everything indicates that there was a protest, they set fire to some mattresses and a fire broke out, but above all there was poisoning, because the door was closed, because whoever had the key was not there.”, he commented.
President López Obrador ruled out that it was a premeditated suicide, as he asserted that those who set fire “they weren’t thinking that the door was closed”.
“Nobody acts that way, they are not going to commit suicide, well, no. it was a protest“, said.
He described the death of these 40 migrants in the center of the Migration’s national institute (INM), of which 31 have been repatriated, was a disgrace.
Although he also recognized that deaths of migrants often occur in the country.
“Unfortunately this misfortune happens, but we constantly have problems with trailer accidents, recently or relatively recently in Chiapas many migrants also lost their lives”, he expressed.
Likewise, he added, it has just happened in San Luis Potosiin matehualaa situation of kidnapping of migrants by organized crime.
López Obrador also insisted that the causes that drive the migration of Latin Americans to USA and assured that Mexico invests more than the United States to help poor people, since it said to stop them “It is very difficult”.
“We have always proposed looking for work, shelter, attention, keeping migrants in the southeast, because the journey north is extremely risky“, said.
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For this incident, which occurred on the night of March 27 at the border Juarez Cityin northern Mexico, there are five people in custody, while there is an additional arrest warrant that has not been executed.
According to Mexican civil organizations, 2022 was the most tragic year for migrants in Mexico, as some 900 died trying to cross without documents from the country to the United States.
The region is experiencing a record migratory flow, with 2.76 million undocumented immigrants detained at the United States border with Mexico in fiscal year 2022.
Source: Elcomercio
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