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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Ottawa ‘urgently seeking more information’ about death of Canadian citizen in Ice custody

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Canada’s foreign affairs minister, Anita Anand, said consular officials are seeking information about Noviello’s death in Ice custody. Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock

Authorities in Canada are seeking information about the death of a 49-year-old Canadian man who died while in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) custody in Florida this week.

In a statement, Ice, part of the Department of Homeland Security, said Johnny Noviello, 49, died on 23 June after being found unresponsive at a federal detention center in Miami, where he was being detained “pending removal proceedings” from the US.

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