An immigration detainee fell into a coma and died at 27, now his family wants to know why
by Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times
Apr 10, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Jose Ibarra Bucio, 27, had been detained at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center for about a week when he called his wife in early February, saying he was desperate to get out.
Their baby had been born three days earlier and Ibarra was terrified of being deported without knowing him, to Mexico, which he left when he was 4 years old.
"He was very impatient, very frustrated, very persistent that we needed to get him out," said Melissa Castro, Ibarra's wife.
The next day Ibarra collapsed
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