Three immigration officials and a private security guard have also been detained as part of a homicide investigation into the blaze that started on Monday night.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador traveled on Friday to Ciudad Juarez, near the U.S.-Mexico border, where 39 migrants died in a fire at a migrant detention center.
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Five people have been arrested for alleged roles in the deaths of 39 people at a Mexican migrant detention center this week after a fire broke out. Six warrants were issued against three immigration institute officers, two private security officers and the person who allegedly started the fire.