President Claudia Sheinbaum instructed Mexican consuls in the United States to visit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers daily after it was reported that another Mexican citizen, the 15th during the Trump administration, died in ICE custody.
At her morning press conference at the National Palace, the president announced that a strongly worded letter would be sent to the U.S. government following this incident.
“I instructed all consuls in areas with ICE detention centers to visit them daily.
They used to visit them weekly, but now I’ve asked them to visit daily. If the consul doesn’t visit in person, then someone from the consulate should visit. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs should contact the relevant State Department agencies to request that Mexican consuls be allowed to visit the detention centers daily and attend to our citizens there, not just once a week,” she emphasized.
From the Treasury Room, the President stated that the Mexican government has supported the families of Mexican nationals who have died in these centers and have filed complaints, although she noted that the U.S. administration has not provided specific responses to each case.
“What we are doing now is filing a complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and we are also reviewing the situation with other United Nations bodies, to denounce these practices.” in detention centers.
“What we have requested is an investigation, because the investigation must be carried out by the United States government and, at the same time, in the event of a complaint, by the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Judiciary to determine the conditions,” she explained.
Claudia Sheinbaum warned that her government will defend Mexican nationals residing in the United States and demanded a thorough investigation into the death of the Mexican national, which occurred on April 11 at the Winn Correctional Center, located in Winnfield County, Louisiana.
“These are the actions that can be taken at the international level, complaints within the United States… all the diplomatic actions that must be taken, and complaints before human rights commissions or international courts, in response to this situation,” she added.
Source: milenio
