Man held at California immigration detention center dies of heart attack
ADELANTO, CA - NOVEMBER 15: A guard escorts an immigrant detainee from his 'segregation cell' back into the general population at the Adelanto Detention Facility on November 15, 2013 in Adelanto, California. Most detainees in segregation cells are sent there for fighting with other immigrants, according to guards. The facility, the largest and newest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), detention center in California, houses an average of 1,100 immigrants in custody pending a decision in their immigration cases or awaiting deportation. The average stay for a detainee is 29 days. The facility is managed by the private GEO Group. ICE detains an average of 33,000 undocumented immigrants in more than 400 facilities nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (2013 Getty Images)
ADELANTO, Calif. (AP) – A man from Guatemala being held in the California's biggest immigrant detention center has died after a heart attack.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement that 54-year-old José Manuel Azurida-Hernández died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack and being hospitalized Saturday.
Azurida-Hernández had served 16-month sentence on an attempted robbery conviction at Wasco State Prison and in June was transferred to Adelanto Detention Facility because he was in the United States illegally.
His deportation case was pending at the time of his death.
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