玛丽亚·韦尔萨 墨西哥城 — — 一名墨西哥法官终结了对前移民局局长弗朗西斯科·加尔杜尼奥的案件，该案件涉及2023年发生在华雷斯城拘留中心的一场火灾，导致40名移民死亡、30人受伤。
MARIA VERZA MEXICO CITY — A Mexican judge closed the case against Francisco Garduño, former head of the country’s immigration agency, for crimes related to the 2023 fire at a Ciudad Juarez detention center that killed 40 migrants and injured 30 others.
此次事件是墨西哥移民拘留中心有史以来最致命的事件，暴露了墨西哥移民拘留中心的缺陷和违规行为，以及官员对待移民的方式。
The incident was the deadliest event ever to occur at a Mexican immigration center and exposed the shortcomings and irregularities in Mexican immigration detention centers, as well as the way officials treated migrants.
加尔杜尼奥因涉嫌滥用职权和渎职而受审，因为火灾的监控录像显示，警卫未能回应求救呼喊。
Garduño faced trial for crimes of abuse of public office and dereliction of duty after footage from the fire showed guards failed to respond to cries for help .
法官周二裁定，为修复损害所采取的措施已经完成，这一决定遭到受害者的拒绝，他们将提出上诉。
The judge ruled Tuesday that the measures taken to repair the damage had been fulfilled, a decision rejected by the victims, who will appeal.
“昨天，腐败和受权力庇护的政客们的逃避惩罚再次得逞，”正义基金会的一位代表在周三表示，该基金会是代表部分受害者的非政府组织之一。他们认为，法官终结加尔杜尼奥刑事案件的决定实际上是一种无罪释放，“证实了墨西哥的司法是选择性的”，并剥夺了受害者“完全赔偿”的权利，也没有提供类似事件不再发生的确切保证。
“Yesterday, corruption and the impunity of politicians protected by power won again,” denounced the Foundation for Justice, one of the NGOs representing some of the victims, on Wednesday in In their view, the judge’s decision to close the criminal case against Garduño, which amounts to a de facto exoneration, “confirms that justice in Mexico is selective” and denies the victims “full reparations” and concrete guarantees that similar events will not be repeated.
正义基金会的律师米格尔·森特诺指出，该判决尚未最终确定，因为将会提出上诉，并且另一项针对法官下达的赔偿命令的禁令仍在等待中，原因是该赔偿未达到此类严重事件所要求的标准。
Miguel Zenteno, one of the Foundation’s lawyers, noted that the sentence is not yet final because it will be appealed and because another injunction is pending against the reparations ordered by the judge for failing to meet the standards required by such serious events.
2023年3月27日，大约70名男子被关在华雷斯城移民拘留中心的一间上锁宿舍内，房间没有通风，几乎没有水。该拘留中心位于得克萨斯州埃尔帕索边境。随着夜幕降临，一小群人抗议性地点燃了一些床垫，几秒钟内，浓烟就充满了整个区域。
On March 27, 2023, some 70 men were crammed into a locked dormitory with no ventilation and barely any water at the Ciudad Juarez immigration detention center, on the border with El Paso, Texas. As night fell, a small group set fire to some mattresses in protest, and within seconds, smoke engulfed the entire area.
安防摄像头记录显示，警卫在听到求救声的情况下仍离开了该区域，甚至没有尝试打开大门。只有被关在另一间牢房中的妇女被释放。大多数受害者是中美洲人和委内瑞拉人。
Security cameras recorded the guards leaving the area despite cries for help and without even attempting to open the gates. Only the women, held in another cell, were released. Most of the victims were Central Americans and Venezuelans.
加杜尼奥曾是一名监狱警卫，现任教育部官员，他于2019年领导国家移民局（INM），并在2025年之前一直担任该职务，尽管发生了这起悲剧事件。
Garduño, a former prison guard and current official at the Ministry of Education, led the National Migration Institute (INM) starting in 2019 and continued in the role until 2025 despite the tragic incident.
此前，法官曾下令加杜尼奥向受害者家属赔偿，为他们提供免费专业医疗护理，发表公开道歉，对移民人员进行人权培训，并保证类似事件不再发生。
The judge had previously ordered Garduño to compensate the families, provide them with free specialized medical care, issue a public apology, provide human rights training to migration personnel and guarantee that the events would not be repeated.
森特诺承认这些措施已经实施，但仅部分落实，因为赔偿金并未由加杜尼奥支付——正如法律程序所规定的那样——而是由INM承担，且这些付款未能为家属提供全面的赔偿。此外，受害者甚至未被告知如何获得免费医疗服务，而道歉“只是一种形式，没有实质内容”。除了加杜尼奥之外，该局另一名前局长也被指控犯有同一罪名。
Zenteno acknowledged that the measures were implemented, but only partially, because the damages were not paid by Garduño, as stipulated by the legal process, but rather by the INM, and these payments have not provided full reparations for the families. Furthermore, the victims were not even informed how to access free medical services, and the apology “was a mere formality, not substantive.”In addition to Garduño, another former director of the institute was accused of the same crimes.
六名移民特工——包括一名军官、一名私人安保人员以及两名被指控引发火灾的移民——被控犯有杀人罪和袭击罪。大多数官员目前仍在等待审判期间保持自由。关注美联社对拉美地区的报道。
Six immigration agents, including a military officer, a private security guard, and the two migrants accused of starting the fire, are charged with homicide and assault. Most of the officials remain free pending trial. Follow AP’s Latin America coverage at