A Mexican resident detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has died at a hospital near Columbus, ICE announced Wednesday.
Jesus Molina-Veya, 45, died the evening of June 7 at Phoebe Sumter Hospital in Americus. He was found earlier that day unconscious in his cell at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, ICE said. An employee of the agency discovered him after realizing other detainees were gathered around Molina-Veya’s door.
“The health services staff attempted to revive him and provide CPR until the paramedics arrived to transport him to the hospital,” ICE said in a news release…