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Salvadoran man dies in ICE custody at New Jersey detention centre
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Grenada Chronicle – Daily Grenada And Caribbean News
A Salvadoran man detained at a New Jersey immigration facility has died, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has confirmed, in the second such death at the facility in less than a year.
Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, 41, died on Saturday at a Newark hospital after experiencing a medical emergency at the Delaney Hall detention facility, ICE said in a statement on Monday.
As word of his death spread, protesters gathered outside Delaney Hall on Monday to hold a vigil in his memory.
“In less than a year, yet another family is forced to endure the unimaginable loss of a loved one while in custody at Delaney Hall,” he said.
Delaney Hall reopened last year as part of a broader expansion of immigration detention under the administration of President Donald Trump.