Royer Perez-Jimenez, 19, died in ICE custody at Florida's Glades County Detention Center
Royer Perez-Jimenez, a 19-year-old Mexican national, was found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced dead at the Glades County Detention Center in Moore Haven, Florida, on March 16, 2026; ICE described the death as a presumed suicide, with the official cause still under investigation. He had been arrested in Volusia County on January 22, placed under an ICE detainer the same day, and transferred into ICE custody before being moved to Glades County. His death was the youngest and at least the 13th in ICE custody in 2026, at a facility with a long-documented record of abusive conditions; his family has disputed the government's account.