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Heavy casualties feared in fire at Mexican immigration agency near US border -- reports

Xinhua | Updated: 2023-03-28 16:15

Mexican authorities and firefighters remove injured migrants from inside the National Migration Institute (INM) building during a fire, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 27, 2023. [Photo/Agencies]

MEXICO CITY - A fire at Mexico's immigration agency near the US border could have claimed dozens of lives and injured more, several media sources reported Tuesday.

At least 35 migrants were killed and about 100 were injured in the fire at the National Migration Institute building in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, according to local media.

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