At least 40 dead in Mexico migrant centre fire as rights groups blame overcrowding

Mexico's president says fire was caused by migrants lighting mattresses in protest at planned deportations Rights groups have blamed poor conditions and overcrowding for a fire that killed at least 40 migrants from Central and South America at a migrant detention centre in Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican city on the US border. The fire, which broke out late on Monday, was caused by migrants setting fire to mattresses in protest after discovering they would be deported, Mexico's president said. "They d...