Yesenia Barragan, she/they
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Yesenia Barragan, she/they
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historian of Latin America & African diaspora @Rutgers. Latinx surrealist & mama. proud working-class first-gen daughter of immigrants.

✍🏽 A COUNTRY OF THEIR OWN: AFRICAN AMERICANS & THE PROMISE OF ANTEBELLUM LATIN AMERICA (forthcoming); FREEDOM’S CAPTIVES
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ICE deported him anyways.

They literally put a man who was at death’s door on a plane to Costa Rica.

Doctors there found he had encephalopathy, rhabdomyolysis and the inability to eat on his own.

What happened to him in ICE custody to cause this?

He died a few weeks after deportation:
Family speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative state
Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel’s family alleges negligence and inhumane treatment
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM