Ismael Ayala-Uribe died in ICE custody after falling seriously ill at a California detention centre, one of 53 deaths in the first 500 days of Donald Trump’s second term.
01Summary
- 01Ismael Ayala-Uribe, who came to the US from Mexico as a child, was arrested on 17 August while working at a car wash.
- 02He died at 2:32am on 22 September 2025 after being held first in a local jail and then at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California.
- 03A San Bernardino County coroner said his death was caused by complications from an abscess in his pelvic region.
- 04His family says inadequate medical treatment allowed a preventable infection to become fatal, and Physicians for Human Rights said he should have received antibiotics and a physical examination.
- 05Human Rights Watch said the mortality rate in ICE custody has risen from 2.24 deaths per 10,000 detainees under Joe Biden to 6.38 under Trump’s second term.
02Why it matters
The story highlights concerns over medical care and conditions in US immigration detention, where deaths have risen sharply. It also shows how federal policy can directly affect detainees and their families.
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