By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A 46-year-old immigrant died while in federal custody in North Hollywood, a neighborhood in Los Angeles.
City News Service reports that the man died last week after collapsing while playing soccer at the Adelanto Detention Facility.
Vicente Caceres-Maradiaga, a Honduran national, was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead after 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Caceres-Maradiaga was arrested on May 22.
“His removal case was pending before the immigration courts at the time of his death,” according to an ICE statement. “Records indicate that Mr. Caceres, who was never lawfully admitted to the U.S., has had two prior criminal convictions since 2011, one for DUI and one for fraud.”
Authorities said the preliminary cause of death was acute coronary syndrome.
Caceres-Maradiaga became the ninth ICE detainee to die in the agency’s custody during the 2016-17 fiscal year, which started on Oct. 1.
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