Apolinario Simon Mendez, a 22-year-old migrant farmworker from Guatemala, died in a housing camp in Ottawa County after consuming an extremely high amount of alcohol.
The story behind Mendez’s tragic death is one of five “must-read” stories from MLive over the weekend.
A 22-year-old came to Michigan to pick blueberries. Weeks later, he was dead
Mendez had only been in Michigan for a month to work seasonal jobs picking blueberries, and his death was ruled accidental by police.
The conditions of the migrant housing he lived in, known as “Hotel California #2,” were found to be overcrowded and unsanitary after police reported the situation following Mendez’s death…