The 57-year-old man had been held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego
A vehicle drives into the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego on June 9, 2017. Authorities say a 57-year-old person in immigration custody has died from complications related to the coronavirus.A 57-year-old man in immigration custody died Wednesday from complications related to the coronavirus, authorities said, marking the first reported death from the virus among about 30,000 people in immigration custody.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would neither confirm nor deny the death. CoreCivic Inc., the private company that operates the detention centre, didn’t respond to a request for comment.A family representative identified the deceased as Carlos Ernesto Escobar, a diabetic who left El Salvador with his mother and sisters in 1980 and lived in the Los Angeles area.
Two guards at an immigration detention centre in Monroe, Louisiana, died late last month from the coronavirus — Carl Lenard, 62, and Stanton Johnson, 51. Until Wednesday, no detainees had been reported dead. “This tragic news is even more evidence that failing to act will result in cruel and needless death,” said Monika Langarica, an attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego & Imperial Counties, which successfully sued to force the release of dozens of older and medically vulnerable detainees at Otay Mesa.For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks.
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