research for “homicide” is ongoing in Mexico while 8 people have been identified as allegedly responsible for the death of 39 immigrants in a federal detention center in Ciudad Juarez, on the border between Mexico and the USA, the Mexican authorities announced yesterday Wednesday.

“None of the public officials and none of the private guards did the slightest thing to open the door to the migrants inside while it was on fire,” human rights prosecutor Sarah Irene Herrerias Guerra said during a press conference. the day after the tragedy.

An investigation into serial “homicide” and “causing grievous bodily harm” is underway, the prosecutor added, without ruling out the possibility that other crimes may have been committed.

The Minister of Public SecurityRosa Isela Rodríguez added that eight persons who allegedly have criminal responsibilities have been identified.

These are three employees of the National Institute of Migration (INM) and five employees of a private security company, explained Mrs. Rodrigues.

Judges were asked to issue at least four arrest warrants as of yesterday, according to the prosecutor.

She confirmed that it is an authentic 32-second video that has come into the possession of the media. “This video is part of the evidence,” he said.

The images, from closed circuit surveillance, were recorded on the night of Monday to Tuesday. Behind bars, while thick smoke rises, a man tries to kick down the locked door of his cell.

In the foreground, on the other side of the room, three guards, two in uniform, leave, turn their backs on him without offering him any help.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has assured that there will be no “impunity” for the tragedy at the migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez.

“We will not hide anything and there will be no impunity,” said Mr. López Obrador.

At first, the Mexican president had appreciatedi how the immigrants set fire to mattresses, as a sign of “protest”. “We assume they learned they were going to be deported, moved,” he said Tuesday, hours after the unprecedented tragedy at an immigration detention center in Mexico.

All the victims were men. The women at the center were safely evacuated and the Mexican government is being pressed for answers.

“Why didn’t they get these people out; Clearly, a very serious crime was committed,” Public Security Minister Rodrigues emphasized. “Were they not capable of opening a door?” he asked, adding that it was unclear what the protocols were for emergencies and whether the guards had been trained to deal with such situations. Watching the video, “it looks like they had no training,” he added.

It is not clear how much time has passed from the moment the fire broke out until the time the doors were opened, after the arrival of the fire department and paramedics.