ICE In‑Custody Deaths Hit Two‑Decade High After Presumed‑Suicide Death of 19‑Year‑Old Mexican Detainee at Reopened Florida Jail, as Mexico’s President Demands Full Investigation
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Nineteen‑year‑old Mexican migrant Royer Perez‑Jimenez was found unresponsive March 16 at the Glades County Detention Center in Moore Haven, Florida — a jail that had been closed under the Biden administration and later reopened to hold immigration detainees — and ICE has classified his death as a presumed suicide pending investigation. His death comes amid a surge in migrant fatalities in U.S. detention, the highest in roughly two decades with at least a dozen in‑custody deaths this year, prompting Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum to demand a full investigation and vow use of legal and diplomatic tools to protect Mexican nationals.
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