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Civil rights groups denounce that 48 ICE detainees have been ‘forcibly disappeared’

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19 March 2025

In the first week of March, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted an “enhanced enforcement operation” in New Mexico that resulted in the arrest of 48 people, as reported by the agency itself. Their names, whereabouts, whether they have access to counsel and which agency is holding them are all unknown, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which considers them to have been “forcibly disappeared.”

“This is not just a procedural issue, but a grave human rights violation,” said Rebecca Sheff, senior staff attorney at the ACLU of New Mexico. “When the government detains people and then their whereabouts are unknown and they are unreachable, it exempts them from the protection of the law. Families are left in agonizing uncertainty, desperate to contact their loved ones and ensure their safety. Enforced disappearances are prohibited by both our Constitution and international human rights laws,” she said.

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“We are alarmed and disturbed that these four dozen New Mexican individuals remain unidentified and that insufficient transparency, oversight, and accountability has taken place to date regarding their whereabouts and wellbeing. We call on your offices to exercise the full extent of your authorities to determine their current status and ensure their safety,” the complaint states.

Civil rights groups denounce that 48 ICE detainees have been ‘forcibly disappeared’
The ACLU files a complaint over immigration authorities’ failure to release the identities of residents arrested in New Mexico, noting that ‘arbitrary and enforced disappearance is unlawful under the US Constitution’

Civil rights groups denounce that 48 ICE detainees have been ‘forcibly disappeared’ | U.S. | EL PAÍS English

Miami Herald: North Miami man detained by ICE while taking out trash, family demands answers and justice

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A North Miami, Florida, man is disappeared while taking out the garbage.

North Miami man detained by ICE while taking out trash, family demands answers and justice
Eduardo Nunez Gonzalez, a Cuban national from North Miami, was detained by ICE while taking out the trash. His family seeks answers and justice.

North Miami man detained by ICE while taking out trash, family demands answers and justice

The family of a man taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Miami is demanding his release, saying he has no criminal record and that federal authorities have not told them why he was detained.

“My husband, a father living in the United States, married to an American citizen with no criminal record, has been unjustly detained by ICE,” wrote the family of Eduardo Nuñez Gonzalez, a Cuban man with Spanish citizenship.

In the online petition, the family writes that “[our] father’s unexpected detention has shattered our family and left a void in our lives.”

“This is an injustice against him and against all families who are being separated without cause,” the family writes in the petition. “We demand justice for our family.”

Cuban man’s family demands release from ICE custody after arrest outside Miami home
“My husband, a father living in the United States, married to an American citizen with no criminal record, has been unjustly detained by ICE,” wrote the family of Eduardo Nuñez Gonzalez, a Cuban man with Spanish citizenship.

Cuban man’s family demands release after ICE arrest outside Miami home | WLRN

Throughout Vilma Perez Delgado’s home, there are pictures of her and her husband, Eduardo Nuñez Gonzalez, scattered about.

The last time she saw her husband of five years was on Thursday, March 20.

“Can I say goodbye to him? They said no, he’s already been detained,” she recalled asking the men who knocked on her front door and detained him.

Video shows the moment that morning when Eduardo was taking out the trash. A man can be seen slowly walking, and then runs to approach him. Other men also appear in the video, detaining him just steps from his front door.

The video was taken on a security camera outside Vilma’s North Miami home. And this all happened while Vilma was inside.

The men who detained her partner of more than 30 years couldn’t give her a reason as to why, so she called an attorney to help her. That attorney is still looking for answers as to why her husband was taken.

Wife pleads for answers after husband was detained outside of their home
Surveillance cameras a man being detained outside of his North Miami home. He’s now in ICE detention, and his wife is pleading for his return.

North Miami wife pleads for answers after husband was detained outside of their home – NBC 6 South Florida