Mexico identifies 8 people possibly responsible for death of 39 in migrant center fire


Migrants walk in a caravan with the intention of turning themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, on the banks of the Rio Bravo river in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican prosecutors have identified eight people who may be responsible for the deaths of 39 people caused by a fire at a detention center in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's security minister Rosa Icela Rodriguez said on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon; Writing by Anthony Esposito)

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