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A 19-year-old from Mexico died astatine the Glades County Detention Center successful Moore Haven aboriginal Monday morning, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said.
According to a news merchandise provided by ICE, Royer Perez-Jimenez was recovered unconscious and unresponsive by a Glades County Detention Center serviceman astir 2:34 a.m. Monday morning.
Staff started CPR, ICE said, earlier 2 aesculapian professionals arrived a fewer minutes aboriginal and determined that Perez-Jimenez didn't person a pulse. They past took implicit resuscitation efforts.
Moore Haven Fire Rescue units arrived minutes aboriginal and initiated life-sustaining interventions connected Perez-Jimenez, ICE said.
Detainee believed to person died by suicide, ICE officials say
ICE said Perez-Jimenez is believed to person died by suicide, but the authoritative origin of decease remains nether investigation.
According to ICE, Perez-Jimenez was evaluated by aesculapian unit erstwhile helium archetypal arrived astatine the migration detention halfway successful precocious February, and answered "no" to each termination screening questions.
Perez-Jimenez was arrested by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office connected Jan. 22 and was charged with felony fraud for impersonation and misdemeanor resisting an officer, ICE said.
He was placed connected an migration detainer the aforesaid day, and helium was taken into ICE custody connected Feb. 21. He was past moved to Glades County Detention Center connected Feb. 26.
Perez-Jimenez archetypal entered the U.S. connected Feb. 19, 2022, ICE said. He was past located by the U.S. Border Patrol and was granted a voluntary instrumentality to Mexico the aforesaid day.
However, ICE said helium reentered the U.S. connected an chartless date.
Per ICE policy, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the DHS Office of Inspector General, and the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility were notified via the Integrity Coordination Center.
In addition, ICE said that the Mexico consulate and Perez-Jimenez's adjacent of kin oregon designated interaction were besides notified.
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