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By Kate Morrissey
The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS
SAN DIEGO - The family of Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejia, who died in immigration custody after contracting the coronavirus during an outbreak at Otay Mesa Detention Center, has sued the federal government as well as the private prison company in charge of the facility.
Escobar Mejia was the first person to die in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement because of COVID-19. Eight in total have died from the virus since the pandemic began.
The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of California by Escobar Mejia s three siblings, alleges negligence, deliberate indifference to serious health and safety needs and wrongful death.
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Wrongful death lawsuit filed by family of first person to die from COVID-19 in immigration custody [The San Diego Union-Tribune :: BC-CORONAVIRUS-DETAINEE-DEATH-LAWSUIT:SD]
SAN DIEGO – The family of Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejia, who died in immigration custody after contracting the coronavirus during an outbreak at Otay Mesa Detention Center, has sued the federal government as well as the private prison company in charge of the facility.
Escobar Mejia was the first person to die in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement because of COVID-19. Eight in total have died from the virus since the pandemic began.
The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of California by Escobar Mejia’s three siblings, alleges negligence, deliberate indifference to serious health and safety needs and wrongful death.