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Arizona: Man Dies in ICE Custody After Exhibiting Flu Symptoms

HeadlineApr 08, 2019

A Mexican man died last week while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Florence, Arizona, according to officials. Fifty-four-year-old Abel Reyes-Clemente was found unconscious and not breathing after being transferred from a Maricopa County jail to an ICE processing center in February. Reyes-Clemente was in jail on a misdemeanor conviction. He was put under observation after showing flu-like symptoms and died just two days later.

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