Politics · Mexico · 1 hr ago
INM council says Garduño case closure leaves duties to fire victims
A Mexican court has closed the criminal case against Francisco Garduño, former head of the National Migration Institute.
The case concerned a 2023 fire at a migrant station in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, that killed 40 people and injured 27.
The INM Citizens’ Council says the court decision does not end the state’s responsibilities to victims and their families.
It says truth, full compensation and justice remain obligations.
The council says authorities should change conditions in migration stations and move toward ending detention for migration reasons.
It argues that structural safeguards are needed to prevent another tragedy and protect migrants’ dignity.
The council says it will continue pressing authorities to reshape migration policy around human rights, transparency and public oversight.
The INM Citizen Council said the closure of the criminal case against former commissioner Francisco Garduño does not end duties to victims of the Ciudad Juárez immigration-station fire.
The fire on March 27, 2023, killed 40 migrants and injured 27.
The council said obligations to establish the truth, provide full reparation and deliver justice remain.
It called for structural changes to immigration facilities and said immigration detention should be eliminated.
- Who
- The INM Citizen Council and former commissioner Francisco Garduño Yáñez.
- What
- The council said closing Garduño’s criminal case does not end institutional and social responsibilities to victims and their families.
- When
- The fire occurred on March 27, 2023. The article was published on October 20, 2026.
- Where
- An immigration station in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
- Why
- The council said obligations to establish the truth, provide full reparation and deliver justice remain after the criminal case was closed.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
A fire at an immigration station in Ciudad Juárez killed 40 migrants and injured 27.
A court closed the criminal proceeding against former INM commissioner Francisco Garduño Yáñez.
The INM Citizen Council said the case closure did not end its responsibilities to victims and their families.
- Deaths
- 40 migrants
- Injuries
- 27 people
- Fire date
- March 27, 2023
- Location
- Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
- Former commissioner
- Francisco Garduño Yáñez
- Council position
- Case closure does not end duties to victims and their families
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What people are saying
For this Council, the criminal ruling does not exhaust or erase the social, moral and institutional debt to the truth, full reparation and comprehensive justice that victims and their loved ones deserve
True justice requires structural safeguards that guarantee that an event of this nature will never happen again on national territory