Mexican Foreign Ministry Confirms Two Nonconsensual Procedures At ICE Facility, Hints At Class Actio
Mexican Foreign Ministry Confirms Two Nonconsensual Procedures At ICE Facility, Hints At Class Action Suit
By Cullen Paradis
10/13/20 AT 3:10 PM
Mexico’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed at least two women underwent surgery while at an immigration detention center without their full consent.
The original whistleblower complaint alleged widespread hysterectomies along with dismal and unsanitary conditions at the Irwin County Detention Center, but a follow-up investigation by the Associated Press found only a couple of examples while Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the accused doctor have denied any wrongdoing.
The findings by the Mexican Foreign Ministry were short on details but corroborate the findings there is evidence of some wrongdoing at the facility, just not to the extent indicated in the whistleblower complaint.
One woman underwent a gynecological procedure without her consent and without post-operative care. A second woman received surgery without her full consent, and without being given an explanation of the surgery or her diagnosis in Spanish. Neither woman was named.
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