The household of a Nicaraguan migrant who died at an ICE detention facility in Texas is pushing again towards the Division of Homeland Safety’s suggestion that his dying could have been a suicide.
In a press launch, DHS mentioned that Victor Manuel Diaz died in ICE custody on Jan. 14 at Camp East Montana in El Paso, after workers discovered him “unconscious and unresponsive in his room.”
Whereas the division famous that “the official reason behind dying stays underneath investigation,” they labeled the incident a “presumed suicide.”
Nevertheless, Diaz’s household advised ABC Information they don’t consider he took his personal life and are calling for a full investigation.
Manuel Diaz is the third detainee to die on the facility because it opened final 12 months.
The household mentioned it is involved that, in contrast to the 2 earlier deaths on the website, an post-mortem of Manuel Diaz is just not being carried out by the native medical expert.
Randall Kallinen, a Texas-based legal professional representing the household, mentioned he realized that Manuel Diaz’s physique was taken to William Beaumont Military Medical Middle at Fort Bliss, the place he was advised an post-mortem was underway.
VIctor Manuel Diaz’s household advised ABC Information they need a full investigation into his dying
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DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin confirmed that the physique of Manuel Diaz was despatched to the Beaumont Medical Middle, however DHS officers didn’t reply to questions from ABC Information concerning why it was not despatched to the native medical expert.
An official with the El Paso Medical Examiner’s Workplace advised ABC Information they haven’t any document of Manuel Diaz’s dying, and referred all inquiries to ICE.
Officers on the William Beaumont Military Medical Middle didn’t reply to requests for remark from ABC Information.
Kallinen mentioned that he’s pushing for an impartial post-mortem.
“He was the one one from that household who was in the USA, and his mom mentioned the explanation he was in the USA was to get collectively cash after which return to Nicaragua to construct a home the place the mom and he might reside,” Kallinen advised ABC Information.
In a telephone interview from Nicaragua, Yorlan Diaz mentioned his brother was apprehended by immigration authorities in Minnesota. The household final spoke with him on Jan. 9 and mentioned they realized of his detention by his employer.
Victor Manuel Diaz died at Camp East Montana in Texas.
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In accordance with Yorlan Diaz, federal authorities contacted the household on Jan. 15 to tell them of his dying.
“I do not consider he took his life,” Yorlan Diaz mentioned. “He was not a prison; he was searching for a greater life and he wished to assist our mom.”
Manuel Diaz’s dying follows the dying of 55-year-old Geraldo Lunas Campos at Camp East Montana on Jan. 3. On Tuesday, an El Paso County post-mortem report dominated that Campos’ dying was a homicide.
A federal choose not too long ago granted a petition filed by Campos’ attorneys to forestall the deportation of witnesses who allege that guards choked and asphyxiated him.
