At least 39 migrants from Central and South America died after a fire broke out late on Monday at a migrant holding center in the Mexican northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, apparently caused by a protest over deportations, officials said on Tuesday.
Twenty-eight of the dead were thought to be Guatemalans, Guatemala's foreign ministry said, noting that checks were continuing.
A spokesperson for Guatemala's foreign ministry said Mexican officials had informed the country's government that some Venezuelans at the center had set mattresses on fire. "I was here since one in the afternoon waiting for the father of my children, and when 10 p.m. rolled around, smoke started coming out from everywhere," said 31-year-old Viangly Infante, a Venezuelan national.
Recent weeks have seen a buildup of migrants in Mexican border cities as authorities attempt to process asylum requests using a new US government app known as CBP One. At the same time, the United States said it would allow up to 30,000 people from those three countries plus Venezuela to enter the country by air each month.
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