Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

At least 39 dead in a fire in a center of the National Institute of Migration in Ciudad Juárez

Puerto Vallarta (PVDN) - At least 39 migrants, mostly from Central America and Venezuela, have died in a fire at the National Institute of Migration facilities in Ciudad Juárez, northeast Mexico. The migrants had been detained at the federal center after being arrested in the city on the same day. According to a source from the Chihuahua State Government, the migrants were apparently locked in rooms when the fire broke out. The INM has confirmed that there are at least another 29 people injured, who have been transferred to four hospitals in the region.

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