An illegal alien has recently died while still in federal custody.
A Honduran citizen who was being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) just died of a heart attack he sustained while at a jail in Orange County.
According to ICE representatives, the victim was 55-year-old Jose Aguilar-Espinoza. He died on Monday following the heart attack at the University of California Irvine Medical Center’s emergency room.
Aguilar-Espinoza was arrested on January 12 after having been discovered to be illegally residing in the country. He was being detained at Theo Lacy Jail in Orange County, awaiting deportation proceedings.
An autopsy has been scheduled to be performed on Aguilar-Espinoza’s body. ICE officials have notified Aguilar-Espinoza’s family as well as the Honduran consulate.
This marks the fifth death of an immigrant detainee in the custody of ICE officials since last October.
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