Deaths in Custody
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Ramesh Amechand

60 years old · died December 16, 2024 · Krome Service Processing Center, Miami-Dade County, Florida

Ramesh Amechand, 60, died on December 16, 2024, while held in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Krome Service Processing Center in Miami, Florida. ICE's official death listing gives the cause as asystole, a cessation of electrical activity in the heart, according to the agency's own record.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reports the cause as asystole, meaning cardiac arrest.

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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