Venezuelan man becomes 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year
Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, found unresponsive' while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia
Another person has died in federal immigration custody this week in Georgia, officials announced on Wednesday. His is the 22nd death in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody this year.
Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva, a 45-year-old Venezuelan man, died on Monday morning while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia. In a press release, ICE said Arenas-Silva was arrested last Thursday and had been detained at the Irwin county detention center, a privately run facility in Georgia. He was being transferred to another ICE facility, the Folkston ICE processing center, when he was found unresponsive" in a transport bus. ICE said the suspected" cause of death was cardiac arrest.
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