US EditionMexican President Condemns Deaths of Citizens in U.S. Custody: "This Can't Be Happening"
- On Monday, March 16, 2026, 19-year-old Royer Perez-Jimenez died at Glades County Detention Center in Moore Haven, Florida, in what Immigration and Customs Enforcement stated was a "presumed suicide."
- Arrested in January by Volusia County sheriff's officers for traffic violations, Perez-Jimenez was transferred to the Glades facility, which the Trump administration reopened for immigration detention after President Joe Biden's administration previously shuttered it.
- Since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, 46 people have died in ICE custody, and The American Prospect reports that 13 immigrants have died in detention since the beginning of this year.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the deaths of three Mexican nationals in U.S. custody this year as "unacceptable," and the Mexican government stated Thursday it will use diplomatic tools to defend their citizens.
- Detention Watch Network communications director Carly Perez Fernandez said the system "deprives people of freedom" and subjects detainees to "abysmal conditions," noting that Congress has not launched an investigation into the facility despite abuse reports.
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President Claudia Sheinbaum reported that Mexico will send a “stronger” diplomatic note to the United States to clarify the death of a Mexican citizen in custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) in Florida and will demand a “deep investigation” of the case. “It is very regrettable (the death of the Mexican). Yesterday and today a much stronger diplomatic letter is being sent again, let’s say, about this situation,” said …
Read on Il Fatto Quotidiano.it the case of the 19-year-old Mexican who died of alleged suicide in a prison in Florida. It is the 46th death of the ICE inmates
The authorities stated that the 19-year-old apparently committed suicide. The Mexican government called it an "unacceptable" death.
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