Video shows moment blaze starts at Mexican detention center - kills 40

A distressing video has captured the moment guards at a Mexican detention center leave at least 40 migrants to burn to death after they set mattresses ablaze to protest their deportations.

Officers can be seen running away from the closed cell containing inmates as it fills with flames and plumes of smoke in a clip which has been viewed around 1.4 million times.

The video was shared by Mexican journalist Joaquín López-Dóriga who described the situation as 'criminal.'

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