Nicaraguan immigrant dies almost a week after trying to commit suicide at Southern California ICE fa

[Judi Lynn]

Nicaraguan immigrant dies almost a week after trying to commit suicide at Southern California ICE facility
Andrea Castillo
MARCH 30, 2017 3:45 PM


Osmar Epifanio Gonzalez-Gadba left his home in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, last October without saying goodbye to his mother.

Five months later, on Tuesday, she got word that he had died from injuries sustained in a suicide attempt at a Southern California immigration detention center.

. . .

She told another media outlet in Nicaragua that he had left home without a suitcase or any other belongings.

Gonzalez-Gadba, 32, was found hanging in his cell March 22 by an employee during a routine evening check. After cutting Gonzalez-Gadba down, the employee alerted medical staff at the Adelanto Detention Facility and the inmate was taken to the nearby Victor Valley Global Medical Center.

More:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-nicaragua-0331-story.html

[Skittles]

1. a human tragedy

very distressing indeed