Mexico Launches Legal Actions Against US Over Deaths of Citizens in ICE Custody

Mexico has filed complaints with US prosecutors and sent cease-and-desist letters to detention centres over what it says are the deaths of 17 nationals.

• Mexico filed complaints with state prosecutors in the US regarding the deaths of its citizens in ICE custody or during enforcement operations.
• The government sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Adelanto detention centre in California, where four citizens have died, demanding an end to practices that may have contributed to the deaths.
• Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco Alvarez wrote to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, asking his office to seek information from US authorities on the deaths.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico is not seeking a confrontation but cannot remain silent over human rights violations against its citizens.