Mourners outside Juárez facility reject claim blaze was started by protesting migrants – By Reyes Mata III (Albuquerque Journal) / Mar 28 2023
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — In the aftermath of a deadly fire that killed 38 people in a Juárez migrant shelter Monday night, large groups of protesters filled the street in front of the burned-out complex and are challenging the government’s account that the deadly blaze was started by protesting migrants.
“I tell you all, raise your voice! We have to stay here, nobody moves from here, we are going to unite, stand on a war-footing,” shouted David Nieto, a 33-year-old migrant from Venezuela who stood amid a crowd furious about the deaths and lack of information coming from the migrant shelter.
“It is horrible what has happened to us,” Nieto said. “No other country put obstacles, no country placed impediments on us, only Mexico. We don’t want to stay here, we only want to advance toward the United States to work, for our children, for our families and for our poor mothers who are alone in Venezuela. That’s the only thing we want.”
