Juan Garcia-Hernandez, a 39-year-old Mexican national, died while in immigration custody at Florence Hospital in Arizona. Â
Garcia-Hernandez had been in custody since August 27, following the expiration of his stay of removal, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Â Hospital workers attempted to revive him but were unsuccessful. Â
The Board of Immigration Appeals gave him a voluntary departure on in March 2014, which required him to leave the U.S. within two months. Â Garcia-Hernandez did not leave, prompting ICE to grant him a one-year stay of removal in June 2014. Â
At the time of his death, Garcia-Hernandez was awaiting repatriation to Mexico. Â The Mexican Consulate has been notified of his death. Â
He is the seventh person in ICE custody to die in 2015. Â
Jose Deniz-Sahagun, another Mexican National, had attempted to illegally cross the border with the United States on May 15. Â Deniz-Sahagun had tried to enter through Douglas, Arizona but had been caught by Border Patrol. Â
While awaiting a hearing before an immigration judge, regarding the possibility of his deportation, Deniz-Sahagun committed suicide. Â
According to the Arizona Republic, five suicides have been committed at the Eloy facility. Â ICE has claimed there to be 14 deaths at the Eloy center, since 2003. Â Two suicides took place in 2013 and another person died of asphyxia at the Pinal County jail in 2008. Â