Venezuelan Immigrant Dies in ICE Custody Four Days After Arrest
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
A Venezuelan immigrant, Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, died while in ICE custody after being detained for four days. He was found unconscious on July 13 while being transported between detention centers in Georgia. Emergency services took him to Irwin County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. ICE suspects a heart attack as the cause of death, pending further medical examination. Arenas-Silva had previously attempted to enter the U.S. legally in October 2021 and was later detained in a raid in Dallas, Georgia. His family expressed distress over his medical needs not being met during detention.
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