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Guatemalan Woman Dies in ICE Custody

HeadlineMar 09, 2020

BuzzFeed News is reporting a 22-year-old Guatemalan woman died Sunday while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, at a Texas hospital. The cause of death is unknown, but the unnamed migrant had gallbladder surgery last month and was being treated for abdominal pain prior to her passing. This marks the eighth death in ICE custody in the 2020 fiscal year.

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