Royer Perez-Jimenez, a 19-year-old Mexican national, tragically passed away while in federal custody at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Florida. ICE, stated that Perez-Jimenez died on March 18 at the Glades County Detention Facility after staff found him unresponsive in his cell.
Per Newsweek, officials pronounced the teen dead at the scene and are currently treating the death as a “presumed suicide.” This tragic event comes amidst a concerning trend of increasing deaths within ICE detention facilities. Perez-Jimenez marks at least the 13th person to die in ICE custody in 2026, according to a review of detainee death notifications. He is also the youngest.
