Head of Mexico's Immigration Agency Faces Charges for Deadly Fire That Killed 40 Migrants
- Mexico's top immigration official will face criminal charges for not preventing a fire that killed 40 migrants at a detention center in Ciudad Juarez last month.
- Federal prosecutors allege that Francisco Garduño was aware of problems at detention centers but failed to take action.
- Several of Garduño's officers will also face charges for failing to prevent the disaster which showed "a pattern of irresponsibility."
- The case highlighted the need to consider alternatives to detaining migrants and President Lopez Obrador said that guards fled without unlocking the cell, leaving migrants trapped.
- The bodies of migrants from Guatemala and Honduras were flown home as Mexico investigates corruption and conditions at migrant detention facilities.
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