A Haitian man in ICE custody at the Florence Correctional Complex died in a hospital in Scottsdale on Monday. The family of 56-year-old Emmanuel Damas said federal agents neglected his care.
Damas’ younger brother, Presly Nelson, says he was picked up by ICE after Boston police arrested him on domestic violence charges last fall.
Nelson says Damas began complaining of a toothache on Feb. 13, but was given only a dose of ibuprofen by detention staff. Almost a week later, Damas could no longer speak. On Feb. 20, Nelson says he spoke to an ICU doctor in Phoenix, where Damas was being treated…