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Abel Reyes-Clemente

54 years old · died April 3, 2019 · Florence Service Processing Center, Pinal County, Arizona

Abel Reyes-Clemente, 54, died on April 3, 2019, while held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Florence Service Processing Center in Florence, Arizona. According to the Tucson Sentinel, employees found him unresponsive and not breathing early that Wednesday morning, and doctors at Mountain Vista Medical Center pronounced him dead shortly afterward. ICE listed his cause of death as complications of liver cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus and hypertensive cardiovascular disease. The Tucson Sentinel reported that ICE also said an autopsy was pending to determine the cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE said the cause was complications of liver cirrhosis, diabetes and hypertensive cardiovascular disease, while a later ICE statement said an autopsy was pending to determine the cause.

Reported by: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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