March 30, 2023, 9:22 AM
March 30, 2023, 9:22 AM
Staff in charge of a detention center where 39 migrants died during a fire in Cjuarez city, Mexico did nothing to evacuate these people, said the Attorney General’s Office, which is investigating the death of foreigners as an alleged homicide.
“None of the public servants or the private security police took any action to open the door for the migrants who were already inside with the fire,” Sara Irene Herrerías, head of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Human Rights, said at a press conference. Human rights.
Eight people have been identified as alleged perpetrators of this omission, the Secretary of Security, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, pointed out in the same conference. These are two federal agents and a state immigration agent, as well as five members of a private security company.
The prosecutor announced that four arrest warrants will be requested from the judges and explained that the death of the migrants is being investigated as an alleged homicide.
“The folder was started by crime of homicide and damage to property of others, but according to the investigations, other crimes will be analyzed,” said Herrerías.
The alleged perpetrators “are already making their statements” before the Prosecutor’s Office, he added.
The Secretary of Security adjusted 38 to 39 the number of deceased last Monday night. He also reported 27 injuries, of which six are “extremely serious”, ten in a “serious” condition and nine “delicate”.
