A 44-year-old Mexican man died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Georgia on Wednesday reports Buzzfeed News this morning, citing an unnamed source with knowledge of the matter.
“I’ve asked ICE for comment,” says reporter Hamed Aleaziz of Buzzfeed News.
Excerpt from his account:
A 44-year-old Mexican man died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Georgia on Wednesday, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.
The man had been in ICE custody since April as he went through deportation proceedings.
On June 6, he had been ordered deported by an immigration judge in Georgia and was sent to Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia.
On July 20, he was taken to a local hospital after suffering abdominal pain.
The death is the seventh in ICE custody since October.
