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Royer Perez-Jimenez

19 years old · died March 16, 2026 · Glades County Detention Center, Glades County, Florida

Royer Perez-Jimenez was 19 and from San Juan Chamula in Chiapas, Mexico, the oldest of five siblings; his father said he had worked at a Mexican restaurant near Daytona Beach. He was held in ICE custody at the Glades County Detention Center in Moore Haven, Florida, where, according to ICE, a detention officer found him unconscious and unresponsive in the early hours of March 16, 2026, and he was pronounced dead at 2:51 a.m. ICE said he died of a presumed suicide and had shown no sign of mental health concerns at intake, though the official cause of death remains under investigation and the medical examiner had not released an autopsy report. His father told reporters he cannot accept the account and that his son was not mentally unwell, and his family has said they do not believe he took his own life. Mexico's government called for a prompt and thorough investigation.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed). ICE says he died of a presumed suicide, with the official cause still under investigation, and his family says they do not believe he took his own life.

Reported by: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held him); his family.

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