Two immigrant detainees died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Monday in separate facilities in Florida and Indiana, according to federal statements released days later. Authorities said both men were found unresponsive and that the causes of death remain under investigation.
Jairo Garcia-Hernandez, a 27-year-old Guatemalan national, died on at 2:01 a.m on Monday at Larkin Community Hospital in Miami after collapsing and becoming unresponsive, ICE said in a statement released on Friday. Officials added he had "a long history of severe medical complications" and was immunocompromised when hospitalized for fever earlier this year.
