Guyanese national in US immigration enforcement custody dies in Miami hospital
Published:Thursday | December 19, 2024 | 12:04 PM
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says a Guyanese national in its custody died in a Miami-area hospital.
On Wednesday, ICE said that Ramesh Amechand, 60, was pronounced dead by medical professionals at the Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs campus in Hialeah, Florida.
“An autopsy is pending to determine the official cause of death,” ICE said.
It said Amechand was admitted November 19 as an inpatient after having an abnormal electrocardiogram.
“The medical staff reported that Amechand went to ventricular tachycardia arrest, was resuscitated and intubated on November 25.”
Amechand legally entered the US on August 18, 1980, at John F Kennedy International Airport, New York, as a non-immigrant entertainer or athlete,“but failed to depart according to the terms of his admission.”
The Criminal Court for Bronx County, New York, convicted Amechand for misdemeanour possession of a weapon June 1, 1994, and sentenced him to three years of supervised probation.
The Bronx County court convicted Amechand for the crime of misdemeanour driving under the influence May 21, 2008, and sentenced him to time served.
Then in 2021, a court in Orange County, Florida, convicted Amechand on two counts of attempted lewd or lascivious molestation of a minor and sentenced him to 10 years of supervised probation and permanent registration as a sex offender.
According to ICE, its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Miami arrested Amechand without incident October 26, 2022, at the Florida Department of Corrections' Office of Probation and Parole in Orlando, Florida, “as the target of a pre-planned enforcement operation.”
ERO Miami detained Amechand at the Krome North Service Processing Center in Miami and an immigration judge ordered Amechand removed from the United States on October 15, 2024.
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