WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Mexican man held in U.S. immigration custody in Florida died shortly after testing positive for the coronavirus, officials said Monday.
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Onoval Pérez-Montufa, 51, died Sunday afternoon at a Palm Beach County hospital, according to a press release from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He had tested positive for COVID-19 on July 2 at the Glades County Detention Center in Moore Haven, west of Lake Okeechobee. The medical staff at the facility started treating him a day earlier after he complained of shortness of breath.
A Mexican man in US immigration custody in Florida died shortly after testing positive for the coronavirus. (AP Photo)
Pérez-Montufa initially entered ICE in custody on June 15 after his release from federal prison in Massachusetts, where he had served 12 years for cocaine distribution. He was in ICE custody pending his transfer to Mexico.
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A man from El Salvador died in May after testing positive for coronavirus at an ICE facility in San Diego, California. A Guatemalan man died later that month at a Lumpkin, Georgia facility.
