El Salvador condemns staff at Mexican migrant center after deadly fire


Migrants hold a candle vigil outside the office of the National Institute of Migration (INM) in memory of the victims of a fire that broke out late on Monday at a migrant detention center, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 28, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

(Reuters) -El Salvador condemned on Tuesday the action of detention center staff in Mexico during a fire that killed at least 38 migrants, including "several" Salvadorans, and demanded a thorough investigation.

Pope Francis prayed in Spanish for the migrants who died yesterday in a tragic fire in Ciudad Juarez.

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