Head of Mexican immigration agency charged after fatal fire | The Associated Press

The head of Mexico’s National Immigration Institute will face criminal charges for a fire that killed 40 migrants in a locked cell, the federal Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday night. Know more:

MEXICO CITY—The head of Mexico’s National Immigration Institute will face criminal charges for a fire that killed 40 migrants in a locked cell, the federal Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday night.

Prosecutors said the case showed a “pattern of irresponsibility,” their statement released just hours after Mexico’s president said two guards seen fleeing when the fire broke out did not have keys to the cell door. There have long been complaints about corruption and bad conditions at Mexico’s migrant detention facilities.

The guards are seen hurrying away as smoke fills the facility, and they did not appear to make any effort to release the migrants. In Guatemala City, relatives of the victims gathered at an air force base with flowers and photos of the deceased to mark their return.

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