Roberto Velasco, who was recently ratified by the Senate as the new foreign minister, continues to demand from Donald Trump, President of the United States, an investigation into the deaths of Mexicans in ICE custody. “We find it unacceptable that Mexicans have lost their lives in ICE custody, and we will continue to put this on the table from different legal perspectives in support of their families,” said the head of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations in an interview with Manuel Feregrino. Since he was Undersecretary for North America, Roberto Velasco has taken a position on this issue to follow up on the families of Mexican migrants. “Regarding the Human Rights plan, we will continue to seek that our consulates are closer to our entire community and that services improve,” he added. Mexico will take cases of migrants who died in ICE custody to the IACHR. President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that the country will take the situation of Mexicans in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) following the death of Mexican migrant José Ramos-Solano. The head of state explained that the Executive will bring this situation to the IACHR for the first time, while also sending letters to U.S. authorities to complain about the “deficient medical care” at the Adelanto facility. Since President Donald Trump's return to the White House, Washington has hardened its immigration policy and has detained more than 177,000 Mexicans, and 14 have died while in ICE custody. Following the latest case, Sheinbaum read a statement from the Mexican Foreign Ministry that mentioned the actions to be taken, including holding a virtual hearing before the IACHR on the people who died in ICE detention centers. What do we know about the deaths of Mexicans in ICE custody? Mexico reported on the 14 Mexicans who died in ICE custody or during ICE operations, a situation it described as “absolutely unacceptable” and which has already prompted diplomatic protests to Washington. “It is absolutely unacceptable to the Government of Mexico, because we are talking about 13 people who have tragically lost their lives in migration operations or in ICE custody,” said Roberto Velasco. The official specified that of the deaths, four were recorded in California, three in Georgia, two in Arizona, one in Texas, one in Florida, one in Missouri, and one more in another unspecified entity. The victims were between 19 and 69 years old, and according to reports, six deaths occurred due to medical complications, four by suicide, two during ICE operations, and one in a shooting in Dallas.
