Colombian President Blasts U.S Government After St. Louis Man Died in ICE Custody Last Year
- In April 2025, 26-year-old Colombian migrant Brayan Rayo Garzon died by suicide in ICE custody at the Phelps County Jail in Rolla, Missouri, after guards allegedly ignored his handwritten notes pleading to contact his mother.
- Battling COVID-19 in isolation, Rayo waited 35 hours for medical screening despite ICE policy requiring evaluation within 12 hours, while staff canceled his mental health appointments twice due to staffing shortages.
- Since President Trump returned to office in January 2025, at least 10 ICE detainees have taken their own lives, with many lacking criminal records despite the administration's claims of targeting the "worst of the worst."
- In Texas, inspectors documented nearly 50 violations at one ICE facility after two detainees died within days, while Adriana Garzon, Rayo's mother, grieves her son as "On earth, my warrior; in heaven, my angel."
- The detainee population has exploded by roughly 50% during President Trump's second term, and suicides now account for nearly one-fifth of all deaths in ICE custody this year, raising urgent questions about detention conditions.
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Colombian president blasts U.S government after St. Louis man died in ICE custody last year
Colombian President Gustavo Petro denounced the death of Brayan Garzon-Rayo on Wednesday. The 27-year-old man died by suicide while in ICE custody at the Phelps County Jail in Rolla.
Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, called the ICE center a “concentration camp” and demanded a response to Washington.
Colombian president says Brayan Rayo Garzón, who died on April 8, 2025, took his own life after the U.S. Immigration and Customs Service did not allow him to call his mother.
Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, denounced the “suicide” of a fellow citizen last year in one of the ICE’s immigration detention centers in the United States.
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Camilo Rengifo Marin Colombian President Gustavo Petro stated that his national Brayan Rayo Garzón, who died on April 8, 2025, took his life after the U.S. Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) refused to allow him to call his mother. Petro published a message denouncing and questioning the suicide of the young Colombian, while he was being held by ICE, on April 8, 2025 in a detention center in Phelps County, Missouri State.
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