Overview

• Mexico’s Foreign Ministry confirmed García Hernández’s death, secured a humanitarian visa for his mother, connected relatives with legal counsel, and said it will track the U.S. investigation and seek clarification.
• ICE custody deaths totaled 20 in fiscal year 2025, the highest since 2020, with six Mexican nationals among the deceased.
• U.S. senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff asked DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE leadership for a plan to prevent further deaths, while the agency said detainees receive medical care and committed to a 90‑day report on the Adelanto case of Ismael Ayala Uribe.
• Attorneys for García Hernández’s family said a surviving detainee reported that he shielded another migrant with his body after being shot during the Dallas attack.
• In a separate case highlighting security concerns in Mexico, CDMX police sector chief José Jacinto Ponce Alfaro was killed during a motorcycle robbery in Chalco, with surveillance video circulating and joint investigations underway.