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$8 Million To Families Of Those Who Died In Mexico Migrant Centre Fire
The families of 40 people who died in a fire at a detention center for undocumented migrants in a Mexican border town in March will receive more than $8 million each, the government said Sunday.
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"Screamed But No One Helped": Mexico Fire Survivors Recount Deadly Tragedy
In total, 40 people were killed in the fire last Monday in one of the deadliest migrant tragedies in years. Mexican prosecutors say they are investigating the fire as a possible homicide and arrested five people last week.
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Mexico Migrant Fire Deaths Being Probed As Suspected Killings
The deaths of 39 migrants in a fire at a Mexican detention center are being investigated as suspected homicides, a prosecutor said Wednesday, accusing those in charge of doing nothing to evacuate the victims.
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Guards Seen Walking Away From Burning Mexico Migrant Centre: Report
Video surveillance footage on Tuesday appeared to show guards leaving as flames engulfed an immigration detention center in northern Mexico where dozens of migrants died in a fire.
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"We're Not Dogs": Migrant Anger Boils After Mexico-US Border Tragedy
Searching desperately for his brother after a fire killed dozens at a Mexican immigrant detention center, Abel Maldonado pleaded with authorities to stop treating migrants like animals.
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At Least 38 Dead After Fire At Mexico Migrant Centre Near US Border
A fire believed to have been started by migrants protesting against their deportation killed at least 38 people at a Mexican immigration detention center near the US border, authorities said Tuesday, prompting demands for justice.
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US-Bound Migrants' Caravan Clash With Mexico Forces At Guatemala Border
Hundreds of Central Americans from a new migrant caravan tried to storm into Mexico Monday by fording the river that divides the country from Guatemala, but National Guardsmen fired tear gas to force them back.
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More Than 1,000 Migrants Escape From Mexican Detention Centre
At least 1,300 mainly Cuban migrants escaped Thursday from a detention centre in southern Mexico after threatening to set fire to the facility to protest against overcrowding.
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Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Fired As Migrants Try To Illegally Cross US Border
US Border Patrol agents used tear gas and pepper spray to counter rock-throwing migrants when a group of about 150 tried to illegally cross the border from Mexico, leading to 25 arrests, the agency said on Tuesday.
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Trump Urges Mexico To Send Migrants Home After Border Clash
President Donald Trump said on Monday Mexico should send Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States back to their homelands, a day after U.S. authorities shut the country's busiest border crossing and fired tear gas into a crowd there.
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Photos Of Migrant Children Fleeing Tear Gas Spark Online Outrage At Trump
A little girl from Honduras stares into the camera, her young features contorted in anguish. She's barefoot, dusty and clad only in a diaper and T-shirt. And she's just had to run from clouds of choking tear gas fired across the border by US agents.
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Scenes Of Children Choking On Tear Gas As US Migrant Crisis Escalates
US authorities closed off the busiest port of entry along the US border with Mexico on Sunday and fired tear gas at members of a Central American migrant caravan who had rushed the fencing that separates the countries.
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US Border Post Reopens, Tear Gas Fired As Migrants Flee From Mexico
US authorities have re-opened the San Ysidro port of entry into Mexico after briefly closing it following an attempt by hundreds of migrants to breach a fence, the Customs and Border Protection agency said Sunday.
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$8 Million To Families Of Those Who Died In Mexico Migrant Centre Fire
The families of 40 people who died in a fire at a detention center for undocumented migrants in a Mexican border town in March will receive more than $8 million each, the government said Sunday.
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"Screamed But No One Helped": Mexico Fire Survivors Recount Deadly Tragedy
In total, 40 people were killed in the fire last Monday in one of the deadliest migrant tragedies in years. Mexican prosecutors say they are investigating the fire as a possible homicide and arrested five people last week.
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Mexico Migrant Fire Deaths Being Probed As Suspected Killings
The deaths of 39 migrants in a fire at a Mexican detention center are being investigated as suspected homicides, a prosecutor said Wednesday, accusing those in charge of doing nothing to evacuate the victims.
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Guards Seen Walking Away From Burning Mexico Migrant Centre: Report
Video surveillance footage on Tuesday appeared to show guards leaving as flames engulfed an immigration detention center in northern Mexico where dozens of migrants died in a fire.
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"We're Not Dogs": Migrant Anger Boils After Mexico-US Border Tragedy
Searching desperately for his brother after a fire killed dozens at a Mexican immigrant detention center, Abel Maldonado pleaded with authorities to stop treating migrants like animals.
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At Least 38 Dead After Fire At Mexico Migrant Centre Near US Border
A fire believed to have been started by migrants protesting against their deportation killed at least 38 people at a Mexican immigration detention center near the US border, authorities said Tuesday, prompting demands for justice.
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US-Bound Migrants' Caravan Clash With Mexico Forces At Guatemala Border
Hundreds of Central Americans from a new migrant caravan tried to storm into Mexico Monday by fording the river that divides the country from Guatemala, but National Guardsmen fired tear gas to force them back.
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More Than 1,000 Migrants Escape From Mexican Detention Centre
At least 1,300 mainly Cuban migrants escaped Thursday from a detention centre in southern Mexico after threatening to set fire to the facility to protest against overcrowding.
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Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Fired As Migrants Try To Illegally Cross US Border
US Border Patrol agents used tear gas and pepper spray to counter rock-throwing migrants when a group of about 150 tried to illegally cross the border from Mexico, leading to 25 arrests, the agency said on Tuesday.
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Trump Urges Mexico To Send Migrants Home After Border Clash
President Donald Trump said on Monday Mexico should send Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States back to their homelands, a day after U.S. authorities shut the country's busiest border crossing and fired tear gas into a crowd there.
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Photos Of Migrant Children Fleeing Tear Gas Spark Online Outrage At Trump
A little girl from Honduras stares into the camera, her young features contorted in anguish. She's barefoot, dusty and clad only in a diaper and T-shirt. And she's just had to run from clouds of choking tear gas fired across the border by US agents.
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Scenes Of Children Choking On Tear Gas As US Migrant Crisis Escalates
US authorities closed off the busiest port of entry along the US border with Mexico on Sunday and fired tear gas at members of a Central American migrant caravan who had rushed the fencing that separates the countries.
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US Border Post Reopens, Tear Gas Fired As Migrants Flee From Mexico
US authorities have re-opened the San Ysidro port of entry into Mexico after briefly closing it following an attempt by hundreds of migrants to breach a fence, the Customs and Border Protection agency said Sunday.
