A TRANSGENDER ICE DETAINEE DIES IN FEDERAL CUSTODY IN CIBOLA COUNTY. THAT LED TO PROTESTS AGAINST IMMIGRATION POLICIES OUTSIDE METRO COURT ON TUESDAY. THE INMATE WAS 33 YEAR OLD JEFFRY HERNANDEZ, WHO THE PROTESTERS IDENTIFIED AS ROXANNA HERNANDEZ.
HERNANDEZ WAS A HONDURAN NATIONAL BEING HELD AT THE CIBOLA COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. THE HONDURAN CONSULATE WILL NOTIFY HER NEXT OF KIN. A STATEMENT INDICATES HERNANDEZ HAD PNEUMONIA, AND SUFFERED FROM DEHYDRATION AND HIV. SHE DIED MAY 25TH, REPORTEDLY FROM CARDIAC ARREST. AN AUTOPSY IS PENDING.
HERNANDEZ IS THE SIXTH DETAINEE TO DIE IN ICE CUSTODY SINCE OCTOBER 1ST OF LAST YEAR.
