Family of Teen Who Died in Florida ICE Custody Speaks Out

Family of Teen Who Died in Florida ICE Custody Speaks Out

Royer Perez-Jimenez, a 19-year-old from an indigenous community in Mexico, died at the Glades County Detention Center in Florida.

Two Stories of a Teen Who Died in ICE Custody

There are two ways to tell the story of Royer Perez-Jimenez, and which one you read says more about the narrator than the facts themselves. The version reported by the BBC is almost disarmingly simple. A 19-year-old Mexican national died in ICE custody after being found unresponsive in his cell. The death is being treated as a presumed suicide, pending an ‘investigation.’ The report notes his age, the circumstances of his detention, and the grow…