"I thought they were going to kill me. Suddenly, I couldn't feel anything. I couldn't see anything. He came to with an officer pressing on his chest, performing CPR. He heard another man call an ambulance. The next thing he knew, he was in the hospital, hooked up to tubes and wires and handcuffed to the bed."
"At the hospital, according to Ulises' appeal to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, his hands and arms were bandaged, his face was swollen, and he could not move his right arm or hand. A doctor indicated that Ulises had had a heart attack."
"ICE said Ulises threw up a red substance and began convulsing, at which point officers uncuffed him and laid him on the ground. He began violently coughing up phlegm and grabbing his chest. When he lost consciousness, they performed chest compressions until an ambulance arrived."
Ulises alleges that ICE officers drove him to an alley and beat him while his hands were cuffed behind his back, causing him to lose consciousness. Officers performed CPR and he was hospitalized with injuries including bandaged hands, a swollen face, and inability to move his right arm. A doctor indicated he had suffered a heart attack. ICE's official report contradicts this account, stating officers handcuffed him without incident and that his medical emergency resulted from panicking about a heart condition and reacting to medication. The agency denied mistreating him. At the hospital, his attorney reported ICE restricted his access to medical professionals and family, allowing only brief visits with armed officers present.
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