Cuban man dies in ICE custody before being deported

By Anna Giaritelli

Published February 22, 2018 2:38pm ET

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Cuban man dies in ICE custody before being deported — Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the cause of his death has not yet been determined. The Department of Homeland Security agency also said detainee deaths are "exceedingly rare and occur at a fraction of the rate of the U.S. detained population as a whole." (AP Photo/Mark Avery) | Mark Avery

A Cuban man became the third U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee to die while in federal custody since the beginning of the fiscal year on Oct. 1, 2017.

Luis Ramirez-Marcano, 59, died Monday afternoon at Kendall Regional Medical Center in Miami after being taken to the hospital for abdominal pain, according to a statement issued late Wednesday.

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