Georgia authorities looking into immigration detainee death
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State and local investigators are looking into the death of a man who was held at a south Georgia immigration detention center.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says 40-year-old Efrain De La Rosa was found unresponsive Tuesday in his cell at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin. The agency says the preliminary cause of death is "self-inflicted strangulation."
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Stewart County Sheriff's Office are looking at the case to determine whether there was foul play.
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His brother, Isai Romero, told the newspaper that De La Rosa was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
A group of immigrant rights organizations have called for an investigation of De La Rosa's death. This is the third Stewart detainee to die since May 2017.