Prosecutors probe Mexico immigration chief over fire that killed 40 migrants

FILE PHOTO: National Immigration Institute (INM) Commissioner Francisco Garduno speaks during the announcement of the new measures by the Mexican government to deter illegal crossings at the southern border with Guatemala, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jacob Garcia

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The head of Mexico's immigration agency, Francisco Garduno, is under investigation over a deadly fire last month at a migrant detention center in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday.

The Mexican attorney general's office said on Tuesday it had launched a probe against the heads of the National Migration Institute (INM), without giving their full names.