A 40-year-old Frenchman died in hospital after being detained by the American immigration services in the state of New Mexico in the United States. An autopsy must be performed on the victim, whose identity is still unknown.
The man died on Sunday in Albuquerque hospital, according to a statement from the US Immigration Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "An autopsy is underway to determine the official cause of death," added the ICE, adding that the French consular services had been notified and that they were trying to "locate his family".
Several deaths recorded
Questioned by AFP, a spokeswoman for the French Embassy in the United States said she was unable to comment "at this stage". The death follows that of Nebane Abienwi, a 37-year-old Cameroonian who died in October of a brain hemorrhage while being detained by the ICE in San Diego, California.
Also in October, a Cuban national, Roylan Hernandez-Diaz, 53, apparently committed suicide while he was detained by the ICE in Lousianne, according to these immigration services. Between December 2018 and May 2019, five children from Guatemala also died in detention after being arrested by American immigration officers.
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