A Mexican teen migrant dies in a Florida jail holding ICE detainees
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Key Points:
- Royer Perez-Jimenez, a 19-year-old Mexican migrant, died in a Florida county jail under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, with suicide presumed but the official cause still under investigation.
- Perez-Jimenez is the 46th death reported in ICE custody since President Trump's administration began in January 2025, and the second death this week following an Afghan immigrant's death in Texas.
- The Mexican government condemned the death, calling for a thorough U.S. investigation, while immigrant advocacy groups criticized the detention system for poor conditions and isolation.
- Perez-Jimenez was found unconscious at Glades County Detention Center and pronounced dead shortly after; he had been arrested in January on felony
