Russian Asylum Seeker Dies In U.S. Custody, Days Before Deportation

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Russian Asylum Seeker Dies In U.S. Custody, Days Before Deportation
RFE/RL

The Russian Embassy in the United States says it is looking into the circumstances of the death of a Russian citizen who died at an immigration jail in the state of Washington.

The embassy issued a statement posted on its Facebook page on November 29, three days after the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency said that 40-year-old Mergensana Amar had been removed from life support on November 24.

An ICE statement said Amar, who entered the United States last December and sought asylum, had been rushed to a medical center in the city of Tacoma after attempting to commit suicide inside his cell at a detention center nine days earlier – on November 15.

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