Advocacy groups say poor conditions and overcrowding at a migrant detention center on the US-Mexico border are responsible for the deaths of at least 40 asylum seekers.. It is worth clarifying that the fire spread throughout the territory due to the arson of mattresses by the migrants themselves.. Thus, they tried to protest against the deportation that awaited them according to the decision of the local authorities.. It all happened in Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican city on the border with the United States, The Guardian writes about the incident..

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Human rights groups have often raised concerns about poor conditions and overcrowding in detention facilities as the US and Mexico grapple with record levels of border crossings at their common border..

A Mexican federal official told his reporters that the migrants were protesting that 68 people were placed in a cell designed for a maximum of 50 people and deprived of drinking water..

UN Speaker Stephane Dujarric said in a statement that the Secretary General had called for a "

Twenty-eight of the dead were Guatemalans, the Guatemalan National Institute for Migration said, while 13 were from Honduras, according to the Deputy Foreign Minister.. It was not immediately clear why these total figures differed from the death toll given by the Mexican authorities..

In addition to the 40 dead, 28 were hospitalized after being injured, the Migration Institute of Mexico said.. Mexico's attorney general's office says it's investigating.

Surveillance video shows guards leaving as flames engulf the center and smoke fills the cell. The man inside kicked in a door that appeared to be locked.. On the other side of the bars, three people in what looked like formal uniforms could be seen walking by but not trying to open the door.. The video was certified by a government minister.