Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday condemned the deaths of three Mexican nationals after they have been taken into custody by U.S. immigration authorities this yr.
“This cannot be taking place,” Sheinbaum instructed reporters, referring to the loss of life of a 19-year-old at a detention middle in Florida on Monday and two others who died earlier this yr.
“The report says the younger man killed himself,” Sheinbaum mentioned. “Nonetheless, we wish a full investigation.”
Royer Perez Jimenez was arrested in January and charged with fraud for impersonation and misdemeanor resisting an officer, ICE mentioned in a press release reported by CBS Miami.
He was present in his cell on the Glades County Detention Heart at 2:34 a.m. native time on March 16, CBS Miami reported. Jail employees “instantly” started life-saving efforts, the company mentioned. The reason for loss of life was “presumed suicide” however stays below investigation, ICE mentioned.
Different Mexicans who died whereas caught in President Trump’s crackdown on unlawful immigration embody Heber Sanchez Domínguez, 34, in January. Domínguez was in ICE custody for six days after being arrested for driving with out a license, and was awaiting a listening to when he was discovered “hanging by the neck and unresponsive in his sleeping quarters” at a Georgia facility at about 2:05 a.m. native time, DHS mentioned on the time. A 48-year-old Mexican man died in ICE custody in March.
The Mexican authorities mentioned Thursday that “these deaths have gotten unacceptable” and that officers “will not maintain again in utilizing obtainable authorized and diplomatic instruments to defend the rights” of Mexicans overseas.
“We’ll use all measures to make our protests and help the household in every little thing they want,” Sheinbaum mentioned.
No less than 30 migrants died in US detention facilities final yr, the highest quantity since 2004, a yr after the creation of ICE. There have been at the least 12 deaths up to now this yr, together with that of an Afghan man who served with the U.S. navy, a Haitian man whose household mentioned his untreated toothache turned a lethal an infection, and a Cuban immigrant whose loss of life in a Texas facility has been dominated a murder.
Mr. Trump has promised probably the most intensive deportation program for undocumented migrants in U.S. historical past and ICE has been on the forefront of typically violent raids throughout U.S. cities.
