'Ticking time bomb': Ice detainee dies in transit as experts say more deaths likely

[groundloop]

Source: The Guardian

A 68-year-old Mexican-born man has become the first Ice detainee in at least a decade to die while being transported from a local jail to a federal detention center, and experts have warned there will likely be more such deaths amid the current administration’s “mass deportation” push across the US.

Abelardo Avellaneda Delgado’s exact cause of death remains under investigation, according to Ice, but the Guardian’s reporting reveals a confusing and at times contradictory series of events surrounding the incident.

The death occurred as private companies with little to no oversight are increasingly tasked with transporting more immigration detainees across the US, in pursuit of the Trump administration’s recently-announced target of arresting 3,000 people a day.

“The system is so loaded with people, exacerbating bad conditions – it’s like a ticking time bomb,” said Amilcar Valencia, executive director of El Refugio, a Georgia-based organization that works with detainees at Stewart detention center and their families.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/22/ice-detainee-death-georgia

[Bayard]

1. "private companies with little to no oversight"

ICE and the admin are no better. Members of Congress should be inspecting these operations as well.

[riversedge]

5. They are looking to make some quick money--at the expence of humans!

[PatSeg]

8. Well, there were members of Congress who have tried

to inspect these facilities and some were arrested. This is a nightmare. Profit over people.

[MadameButterfly]

13. They don't care about the people.

They are trying to get rid of them. Do you think they care how?
We have to investigate every incident or it will escalate.

[PatSeg]

19. It is about much more than getting rid of people

These for-profit detention centers need those bodies to fill their facilities and the administration needs fear and intimidation to cement their power.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Jesus Christ KNOWS what evil lurks in TACO Don and his henchmen/women's hearts.

For they will be brought before Him and judged.

[Irish_Dem]

3. I do not believe he is the first one to die.

They have had young and ill children who are vulnerable in dismal conditions.

[UpInArms]

4. Concentration camps

That is all …

Cattle cars

No regard for human life

Paid goons

Personal kkk power trips

Inhumane treatment of humans

[PatSeg]

6. The first ICE detainee to die that we know of

I have a feeling that there have been more. This is a nightmare that is likely to get much worse before it gets better.

[bronxiteforever]

9. +1 a system with zero accountability for

the lives it controls. This whole administration is a humanitarian disaster.

[PatSeg]

17. I expected it to be bad,

but once again Trump has exceeded all my expectations. A truly cruel evil man.

[Safe as Milk]

11. It's a reasonable expectation that there have been more deaths.

ICE is NOT in the hospitality business. They're in the PUNISHMENT business. Their detainment system is autocratic and prejudicial. Continuing deaths are expected. Or they should be. Kristi Noem is the perfect arbiter of life and death in ICE policy. She obviously loves the power. She treats immigrants like she treats dogs.

[PatSeg]

18. Yes and ICE is also not in the law enforcement business

You're right, it is about "punishment", as well as fear and cruelty. Noem was the perfect choice for such a sinister position.

[Marthe48]

7. R.I.P. Mr. Dalgado

You deserved better. Your loved ones deserved better. The ones who killed you will be judged.

[Safe as Milk]

12. Judgment after death is no consolation. They'll continue to

promote suffering, pain, and death. It's what Diddling Donny wants.

[Marthe48]

15. Doesn't seem like we'll get justice

On this side any time soon. When the day comes, I'll be delighted. Karma will take them a bite at a time.

[bronxiteforever]

10. Kick keep this visible despite the other madness.

[BidenRocks]

14. Cut the budget!

Defund the murdering bastards.
Trump is a killer. DEPORT HIM TO GITMO!

[mercuryblues]

16. I doubt this is the 1st death. What they should have said is...

this is the 1st death we heard about.