His skin was the first sign that something was wrong. Alberto Gutiérrez Reyes’s face changed color, turning a worrying yellow that alarmed the men who shared a cell with him at the Adelanto, California, immigrant detention center. Fatigue, loss of appetite, listlessness and isolation followed. The Mexican national, who had been in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody for only a few weeks, even stopped going out to the yard. “One day I told him: Beto, you’re not well. I’m going to take you out so we can call the medics,” recalls a migrant who lived with him. According to his account, Gutiérrez Reyes repeatedly asked to be seen by a doctor, but no one came. “When we finally took him out, his arm started to go numb and he fainted.” He was rushed to a nearby hospital. He never returned. Two days later, he was dead.
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