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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Haitian man dies in US immigration custody with untreated toothache, brother says

Immigrant Detainee Death - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A Haitian man confined at an Arizona immigration detention center for months died at a hospital Monday after a tooth infection was left untreated, the man’s brother said Wednesday.

Emmanuel Damas, 56, told medical personnel at the Florence Correctional Center that he had a toothache in mid-February, but he was not sent to a dentist, said Damas’ brother, Presly Nelson.

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