In a fire that killed at least 40 people at an immigration detention center in Mexico, El Salvador strongly condemned the actions of personnel and called for a thorough investigation into what happened. Pope Francis used part of his weekly audience to call for prayers for those who died. The fire took place at a facility run by the National Migration Institute in Ciudad Juarez, a major crossing area for migrants or asylum-seekers wishing to enter the United States. The dead and injured were from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, with Guatemalans being the largest contingent, according to a statement from the Mexican attorney general's office. Guatemala Foreign Affairs Minister Mario Búcaro said 28 of the dead were Guatemalan citizens. A Honduran official said at least 13 of the victims were from Honduras. There has been no explanation for the discrepancies in the numbers of victims. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said once migrants heard they were going to be deported

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