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Lorena Figueroa in El Paso

Man believed dead in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is alive as Ice moves him without notice

A man stands on a beach
Luis Manuel Rivas Velásquez. Photograph: @luisfrioficiall via Instagram

A man whose loved ones thought he had died at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz after alleged delays in appropriate medical care turned out to be alive and was then secretly moved to the immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss, Texas – and has since been moved again.

Luis Manuel Rivas Velásquez is awaiting deportation in what his lawyers said he described as a “living hell”.

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