A Mexican teen migrant dies in a Florida jail holding ICE detainees

Royer Perez-Jimenez is the second person to die in ICE custody this week and the youngest to die while in ICE custody since the start of Trump's second term.

MIAMI — A 19-year-old Mexican migrant died at a county jail in Florida that has been holding immigrant detainees, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

According to ICE, Royer Perez-Jimenez "died of presumed suicide," although an official cause of death remains under investigation.

The death of Perez-Jimenez on Monday is the 46th reported under Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since the start of President Donald Trump's administration in January 2025, according to a count by The Associated Press.

Perez-Jimenez is the second person to die in ICE custody this week, after an Afghan immigrant — whose family said he had been evacuated from his country after working for years with U.S. forces — died in a Texas hospital after being detained by immigration authorities.

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