Mexican president says citizen deaths in U.S. custody "can't be happening"

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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum connected Friday condemned the deaths of 3 Mexican nationals aft they were taken into custody by U.S. migration authorities this year.

"This can't beryllium happening," Sheinbaum told reporters, referring to the decease of a 19-year-old astatine a detention halfway successful Florida connected Monday and 2 others who died earlier this year.

"The study says the young antheral killed himself," Sheinbaum said. "Nonetheless, we privation a afloat investigation."

Royer Perez Jimenez was arrested successful January and charged with fraud for impersonation and misdemeanor resisting an officer, ICE said successful a connection reported by CBS Miami.

He was recovered successful his compartment astatine the Glades County Detention Center astatine 2:34 a.m. section clip connected March 16, CBS Miami reported. Prison unit "immediately" began life-saving efforts, the bureau said. The origin of decease was "presumed suicide" but remains nether investigation, ICE said.

Other Mexicans who died portion caught successful President Trump's crackdown connected amerciable migration see Heber Sanchez Domínguez, 34, successful January. Domínguez was successful ICE custody for six days aft being arrested for driving without a license, and was awaiting a proceeding erstwhile helium was recovered "hanging by the cervix and unresponsive successful his sleeping quarters" astatine a Georgia installation astatine astir 2:05 a.m. section time, DHS said astatine the time. A 48-year-old Mexican antheral died successful ICE custody successful March.

The Mexican authorities said Thursday that "these deaths are becoming unacceptable" and that officials "won't clasp backmost successful utilizing disposable ineligible and diplomatic tools to support the rights" of Mexicans abroad.

"We're going to usage each measures to marque our protests and enactment the household successful everything they need," Sheinbaum said.

At slightest 30 migrants died successful US detention centers past year, the highest number since 2004, a twelvemonth aft the instauration of ICE. There person been astatine slightest 12 deaths truthful acold this year, including that of an Afghan antheral who served with the U.S. military, a Haitian antheral whose household said his untreated toothache became a deadly infection, and a Cuban migrant whose decease successful a Texas installation has been ruled a homicide.

Mr. Trump has promised the astir extended deportation programme for undocumented migrants successful U.S. past and ICE has been astatine the forefront of often violent raids crossed U.S. cities.

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