DALLAS, Texas — A Guatemalan man in Border Patrol custody in Arizona died Saturday, two days after he was taken into custody for illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a statement from border authorities.
Customs and Border Protection announced late Sunday that a 29-year-old man died at a local hospital in Tucson, Arizona, Saturday morning. The death marks the second time since President Joe Biden took office in January that the government has disclosed the death of someone in federal custody at the border.
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