North Texas man dies in ICE custody

A Mexican man who has lived in Dallas for decades passed away while in immigration custody in South Texas. This 56-year-old was found dead in his cell at a holding facility in Laredo. Yeah, he was taken into custody in June. Fox 4's Vanya Castillo reports. There are a lot of unknowns right now in the death of a North Texas man inside a South Texas immigration detention facility. I sat down with Congressman Henry Cuellar, who represents the area, to try and get some answers. 56-year-old Emiliano Andrade Covarrubias died inside of the Rio Grande Processing Center in Laredo. According to the Department of Homeland Security, Andrade Covarrubias was found unresponsive in his bed on Saturday morning. He had diabetes, high blood pressure, and a heart condition. The cause of death is still unknown, with an autopsy pending. His family says he lived in Dallas for decades and was a lawful permanent resident. But DHS says they detained Andrade Covarrubias at the Laredo point of entry in June for allegedly failing to disclose a theft arrest from 2004 when he was applying for his immigration status. DHS did not say whether he was ever convicted. DHS also claimed he was awaiting a removal proceeding from an immigration judge and called it due process. DHS says that he received proper medical care, but according to a GoFundMe post, the family disputes that. Congressman Cuellar toured the facility on Sunday. But the question is if they do it in this case. I do have a couple of audios from people that said that he was asking for medicine and that he was not given the medicine. So again, one side has one story, the other person has another story. I mean, I can't make any promises, but I did talk to the wife a few minutes ago and I told that I will do everything I can as a member of Congress in the Homeland Appropriations to get her the transparency and the questions that she has. Cuellar says that he did see doctors, nurses and medical equipment, but wasn't able to verify what kind of treatment Andrade Covarrubias actually received. Cuellar says that he has requested the footage from that night as well as medical records. Now, we did reach out to the GEO group who runs the facility, but we're told to reach out to DHS.