The family of a Nicaraguan asylum-seeker who died from an undiagnosed blood clot is suing the operator of a privately-run Aurora detention center that they say ignored his pleas for help following a pattern of preventable detainee deaths. Dorling Peralta Rivera, wife of Melvin Ariel Calero Mendoza, and their two children say Mendoza languished inside the Aurora Contract Detention Facility as he tried at least three times to get treated for severe pain in his right leg. On Oct.

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  • Family of man who died in ICE custody from untreated blood clot sues Aurora facility
    The family of a Nicaraguan asylum-seeker who died from an undiagnosed blood clot is suing the operator of a privately-run Aurora detention center that they say ignored his pleas for help following a ...
    10/19/2024 - 9:37 am | View Link
  • Mother of man who died in St. Louis jail from lack of insulin sues city, medical provider
    A man incarcerated at the downtown jail lost nearly a quarter of his body weight in the two months before he died of dehydration and a lack of insulin, according ...
    10/18/2024 - 10:49 am | View Link
  • Lawsuit Claims Medical Negligence Led to Preventable Death at Aurora Immigrant Detention Facility
    A lawsuit claims the GEO Group's medical negligence at an immigrant detention center led to a detainee's preventable death.
    10/17/2024 - 11:46 am | View Link
  • Family files wrongful death lawsuit after detainee's 2022 death at Aurora ICE facility
    The family of a Nicaraguan man who died in 2022 while being held at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Aurora has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
    10/16/2024 - 6:37 pm | View Link
  • The family of a man who died in ICE custody in Aurora is suing the company that runs the detention center
    Melvin Ariel Calero Mendoza died in 2022 after a pulmonary embolism. The family says the company and its doctor should have done more.
    10/16/2024 - 5:20 am | View Link
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