cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/46284147

ICE confirmed that Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal had been in custody for one day before he was declared dead at Parkland Hospital in Dallas.

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ICE said when Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal was taken into custody, he “did not report any prior medical history.”

ICE said when Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal was taken into custody, he “did not report any prior medical history.”

In the late evening of Friday, March 13, ICE said it contacted Emergency Medical Services when Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal began complaining of shortness of breath and chest pains while in an ICE Dallas Field Office processing hold room. ICE said Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal was taken to Parkland Hospital, where he received a breathing treatment and the ER doctor recommended that he stay in the hospital for observation.

Early on March 14, Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal was eating breakfast when medical staff noted that his tongue had become swollen, and he received an epinephrine drip, ICE said in its statement.

According to ICE, later that day, medical staff began cardiopulmonary resuscitation. After multiple lifesaving efforts were attempted, he was declared dead at 9:10 a.m. ICE said Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal’s death is under investigation.

“All I want,” said Naseer Paktiawal, “I want justice for my brother. I don’t need anything else from this government.”