Mexico arrests state migration head for alleged role in deadly migrant fire

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the immigration detention center where several migrants died after a fire broke out at the center, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities have arrested the head of migration for the state of Chihuahua in connection with a fire last month at a migrant detention center which killed 40 people, according to the federal arrest database.

Salvador Gonzalez is the highest-ranking official to have been detained in relation to the incident so far. He was arrested Sunday afternoon in Ciudad Juarez, the northern border town where the detention center is located.