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Another Man Has Died in Immigration Custody. This Time in Arizona
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DAILY MEMO: Another Death and A New Prison as ICE Continues its Unhinged Assaults From Inglewood to San Bernardino ~ L.A. TACO
ICE raids across Southern California targeted multiple locations, including car washes, Home Depots, and a U-Haul, where agents used tear gas before detaining people, resulting in at least 20 abductions and sightings of ICE or Border Patrol scouting. In other news, a man died in ICE custody, a controversial new detention center opened in the Mojave Desert, the ACLU accused Border Patrol of violating a court order, a professor was indicted for as…
His name was Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas. He was Mexican, 32 years old and was declared dead on August 31, while he was detained at the Central Arizona Correctional Complex in Florence. Batrez joins an infamous list. Since 2019, 69 migrants have died while in custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Control Service, ICE. Only since Donald Trump won the elections in November 2024 are 14 people killed in ICE centers, three of them Mexican. Co…
Mexican Man Reportedly Dies In Arizona Facility, ICE Yet To Disclose Cause Of Death
A Mexican man reportedly died under ICE custody at a detention center in Arizona. While ICE has not disclosed the cause, a website raising funds following the death claims it was likely a result of complications from Covid-19
A 32-year-old Mexican died in Arizona while being detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE), where the deaths of migrants in U.S. custody are at their highest level in the last five years, with at least 14 cases.The ICE, which reported the death to the Mexican Embassy, reported in a statement on the death of Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas, on Sunday, August 31, at the Mountain Vista Medical Center in Arizona, although the…
Cruel and Deadly: Another Life Tragically Lost to Immigration Detention : Indybay
Florence, AZ, September 4, 2025 — The Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project and Detention Watch Network are mourning the tragic loss of Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas, 32, affectionately known as "Lenchito,” a beloved son, brother, and friend who died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody on Sunday, August 31, 2025. ICE had detained Mr. Batrez Vargas at Central Arizona Correctional Complex in Florence, Arizona and has repor…
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