Migrant found dead at Laredo ICE facility
An autopsy is pending as officials say he is the seventh person to die in ICE detention in Texas this year.
- On Saturday, 56-year-old Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias was found unresponsive and died at a Laredo federal processing center, a death U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar confirmed to The Texas Tribune.
- Andrade-Covarrubias, a long-time Dallas resident and contractor, was detained in June while returning from Mexico, where his daughter said he had been traveling to build a house.
- Estefani Andrade stated federal agencies did not contact the family, who learned of the death through the Webb County Medical Examiner; staff attempted CPR but could not revive him.
- An autopsy is underway at the Webb County Medical Examiner, while U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar plans to visit the facility and question officials about the circumstances and medical care provided.
- This marks the seventh death in Texas ICE custody this year, following Geraldo Lunas Campos, whose death the El Paso Medical Examiner ruled a homicide in January.
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Lawful Permanent Resident Dies After Months in ICE Custody in Texas
Laredo, TX — A 56-year-old Dallas man who died Saturday after nearly four months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody was a lawful permanent resident of the United States, ICE confirmed Monday. Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias, a Mexican citizen who had lived in Dallas for decades and raised three U.S.-born children, was found unconscious in his bed at the Rio Grande Processing Center. He was pronounced dead about 20 minutes later. His cau…
The government of Mexico announced that it will file a new complaint with the United States authorities after the death of another Mexican citizen in custody of the Customs Immigration and Control Service (ICE). Emiliano Andrade Covarrubias, 56, died in a migration processing center in Laredo, Texas, increasing the number of Mexicans killed in custody of the agency to 18 during President Donald Trump's second term, according to the newspaper El …
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