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Argentine Footballer Recounts His Arrest of ICE: "Three Days without Eating and Tied in a Chair 35 Hours"

Argentine footballer Matias Pourrain is back in Miami after spending 22 days in the custody of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) and being released on a $20,000 bail while his immigration process continues. Miami United FC footballer was arrested on August 6 at Fort Lauderdale International Airport when he was preparing to travel with his team to play a game in Los Angeles. Pourrain, 34, told about the conditions he claims to hav…
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Matías Pourrain, an Argentine footballer, was 21 days detained by ICE in the US. He paid USD 20,000 on bail. He denounced overcrowding and mistreatment.

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Argentine footballer Matías Pourrain told about his 21 days in ICE custody and the difficult conditions he lived until his release.

The Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) released Argentine footballer Matías Pourrain after three weeks in custody, a detention that the 34-year-old sportsman called “inhuman” and constant “mental torture” in statements to Telemundo News. Pourrain, a Miami United F.C. player and child trainer at two academies, told [...]

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Argentine footballer Matias Pourrain is back in Miami after spending 22 days in the custody of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) and being released on a $20,000 bail while his immigration process continues. Miami United FC footballer was arrested on August 6 at Fort Lauderdale International Airport when he was preparing to travel with his team to play a game in Los Angeles. Pourrain, 34, told about the conditions he claims to hav…

Matias Pourrain recounts the conditions she claims lived for 22 days in ICE custody in three different detention centres.

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Telemundo Miami (51) broke the news on Monday, August 31, 2026.
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