"Rivas Velásquez suffered a severe medical incident on August 5 - captured in real time through a phone call from another detainee that we shared publicly with consent given - and collapsed and lost consciousness. He was left in this state for about seven minutes until guards, who failed to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation properly, finally dragged him away to the nearest hospital, about two hours away."
"The Florida Division of Emergency Management, which administers "Alligator Alcatraz," would not answer questions from Velásquez's family, lawyer, or the media about his condition while he was hospitalized. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) also would not clarify what was happening. The hospital would not acknowledge whether he was in their care or not, and Rivas Velásquez did not show up in any public database pertaining to immigration detention."
A detainee at "Alligator Alcatraz" experienced a severe medical incident on August 5 and collapsed, losing consciousness. He remained unconscious for about seven minutes while guards failed to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation properly, then dragged him to the nearest hospital, approximately two hours away. The Florida Division of Emergency Management, which administers "Alligator Alcatraz," would not answer questions from the family, lawyer, or media about his hospital condition. The Department of Homeland Security and ICE also would not clarify the circumstances, and the hospital declined to acknowledge whether he was in their care. The detainee did not appear in public immigration detention databases, and the family received delayed confirmation via a DHS public affairs statement that he was alive and hospitalized.
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