Overview

• Mexican Foreign Ministry began daily consular visits on July 24 and has met with more than 30 nationals detained at ‘Alcatraz de los Caimanes’ to check on living conditions and legal needs.
• Consul General Rutilio Escandón Cadenas has overseen inspections to confirm free communication with family, access to medical care and the offer of repatriation for those requesting it.
• The camp was erected in early July on the abandoned Dade-Collier jetport with FEMA emergency funds and began deportation flights on July 25, moving roughly 100 detainees under DHS management and planning to expand operations.
• Human Rights Watch and other advocacy organizations have denounced reports of overcrowding, degrading treatment and restricted legal access at the remote facility, prompting lawsuits and calls for federal inspections.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has requested detailed condition reports through the Miami consulate and is pressing for due process guarantees and repatriation options for detained Mexican nationals.