The Mexican government will report deaths of migrants in ICE detention centres to the human rights commission.
Claudia Sheinbaum, the president of Mexico, said the country planned to issue diplomatic notes on the deaths and take them to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Her comments follow the death in custody of Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano, a Mexican immigrant, last week.
At least 14 Mexicans have died in US custody this year, according to Mexico’s government.
Donald Trump deployed new executive powers and significantly expanded ICE’s detention capacity as part of a mass deportation initiative after he was elected in 2025.
Last year, ICE reported the deaths of 31 detainees, the highest number for two decades.
Ramos-Solano, 51, suffered several medical conditions, including hypertension and diabetes, after being taken into ICE custody last month.
He died in Adelanto, about 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles, after being found unconscious in his bunk and taken to hospital.
ICE said: “He received constant medical care while he was in custody, including daily medication to treat his illness.”
But rights activists have questioned the medical care that immigrants receive at ICE facilities.
Earlier this month, 19-year-old Mexican Royer Perez-Jimenez became the youngest person to die at an ICE facility.
He was found “unconscious and unresponsive” in his room on March 16 at the detention centre in Moore Haven, Florida.
“He died of a presumed suicide; however, the official cause of his death remains under investigation,” ICE said.
Meanwhile, in January 2026, a man believed to be Mexican national Heber Sánchez died at the ICE detention centre in Georgia.
In May last year, Abelardo Avellaneda Delgado, a 68-year-old citizen of Mexico, died after spending time in a US ICE centre in Atlanta.
Source: The Telegraph
