Mexican Foreign Ministry Addressing a Migrant Detention Center Firefight: “There Was No Evidence” for a Toll,” Security Minister Rodriguez, on Monday

The Mexican government has so far identified at least eight people who could be held responsible, Security MinisterRosa Icela Rodriguez said Wednesday.

According to the leader of the human rights branch of the Attorney General of Mexico, there was no attempt to open a locked door by the public employees or the private security officers.

Smoke began billowing out of the migrant detention center late Monday after a group of detained migrants set fire to foam mattresses, to protest what they thought were plans to move or deport them.

Two people dressed as guards raced into the camera frame, while at least one migrant appeared by the metal gate on the other side of the street in a video the government confirmed. The guards hurry away as the smoke fills the structure after no one attempts to open the cell doors.

Rodriguez told reporters that the Mexican foreign ministry has been in contact with Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Venezuela to identify the victims, repatriate their bodies and support the families of those affected.

Asked about a discrepancy in the number of reported victims, Rodriguez said that the current death toll would change because several deceased and injured migrants haven’t yet been identified.

The budget for Mexico’s migration institution was deemed adequate after a review, despite the news conference reporters questioning whether Monday’s incident raised concerns about the funding.

Investigations of a migrant center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, during a firefight between 39 killed men and an American citizen

It’s one of many Mexican border cities that have had to deal with the return of migrants from the US in May, when the public health restriction on travel to the US ends.

People wait a long time in Mexico to present their case at a port of entry. In the meantime, many sleep rough in the streets, begging for change to survive.

The federal prosecutor’s office in Mexico said that it is looking into possible malfeasance at a migrant center where 39 men were killed in a fire.

Hundreds of migrants were heading to the U.S. border for a mass crossing when there was anger and frustration in Ciudad Juarez.

Private security guards, federal immigration agents and a Chihuahua state officer are under investigation for possible improper conduct. Rodrguez said something.

The investigation centered on the fact that guards did not attempt to open the cell doors for the men and that smoke filled the room in a matter of seconds.

The migrants have been trying to make appointments on the U.S. cellphone app to file asylum claims for weeks, which made them angry over the deaths. Rumors spread among the migrants that they might be let in into the U.S.

Jorman Colón, a 30-year-old Venezuelan migrant, walked hand-in-hand with his 9-year-old daughter, saying he had heard on social media that acquaintances had gotten through.

A group of about 50 migrants initially approached a Border Patrol vehicle and personnel and sat or kneeled on the ground. About 25 of them were then led in single file through the gate into the U.S. and onto a white school-bus style vehicle that drove away.

The president said Wednesday that immigration agents and guards from the private security company were at the facility.

The two guards in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, were convicted of human trafficking and violated the Fourth Amendment and are being held responsible for their actions

It was unclear if the two guards actually had the keys, but authorities suggested Wednesday that they should have gotten them or broken the lock — a highly difficult task, given the quick spread of smoke.

U.S. authorities have offered to help treat some of the nearly 30 people who are hospitalized in critical or serious condition, most apparently from smoke inhalation.

The migrants were stuck in Ciudad Jaurez because U.S. immigration policies don’t allow them to cross the border to file asylum claims. But they were rounded up because Ciudad Juarez residents were tired of migrants blocking border crossings or asking for money.

Rodrguez said that there were several complaints from neighbors that the group of migrants was acting aggressively, asking people in the street for money.

The mayor of Ciudad Juarez started to tell migrants they didn’t need to beg in the streets because there was room in shelters. He urged residents not to give money to them, and said authorities removed migrants intersections where it was dangerous to beg and residents saw the activity as a nuisance.

On Wednesday, the mayor told AP his office had not received any report of rights abuses of migrants in detention facilities. He didn’t accept that his government was to blame for what happened.

“It’s a terrible tragedy that’s very sad for all of us.” He said that authorities should “come down with the full weight of the law” on those who did not open the doors for the migrants.