By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, Uriel Blanco, CNN

(CNN) — Some had spent decades in the United States working, building their lives, starting families and forming communities. Others are known only by their names, ages, arrests and the place where they died.

The stories and backgrounds of these 17 Mexican immigrants are different. But they all had a common outcome: they died in the mass immigration crackdown launched during US President Donald Trump’s second term in office, according to the Mexican government.

Their deaths have escalated tensions between Mexico and the US. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has condemned their deaths, saying the entire country shared the pain of their families.

On Monday, Mexico began filing complaints to US state and federal prosecutors to request criminal investigations, and sent cease-and-desist letters to private companies that manage US detention centers where Mexican immigrants have died.

Fourteen of the men died in the custody of immigration enforcement – either in detention centers or in medical facilities where they had been sent to – according to Mexican and US authorities. The other three died during immigration enforcement operations.

The most recent case is that of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old construction worker who was fatally shot by an ICE officer during an operation in Houston last week.

In an email sent to CNN, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) denied that there has been an increase in deaths in its facilities or operations and assured that detained individuals “receive full due process and are provided with proper meals, water, medical treatment, and have opportunities to communicate with their family members and lawyers.” It also denied that its officials committed abuses.

Here’s what we know about those 17 Mexicans, whose cases led Mexico’s government to toughen its response.

1. Abelardo Avellaneda Delgado

Abelardo Avellaneda Delgado, 68, died on May 5, 2025, while being transferred from the Lowndes County jail to the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia.

ICE reported that the preliminary cause was a medical complication. The agency stated that he had lived for decades in the US as an undocumented immigrant and had been detained multiple times since 1979. In 1990, a judge ordered his deportation, but he later re-entered the country. The agency claims he was charged with “crimes ranging from possession of marijuana to simple assault—family violence—and cruelty to children.”

2. Jesús Molina Veya

Jesús Molina Veya, 45, died on June 7, 2025, at the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia.

ICE reported that he was found unconscious in his cell with a ligature around his neck and was later taken to a hospital, where he died.

According to ICE, he had entered the United States as an undocumented immigrant on several occasions and was deported four times. The agency states that he was charged with “crimes including simple assault, child abuse, and unlawful restraint,” for which he served a sentence of 827 days in jail.

3. Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas

Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas, 32, died on August 31, 2025, while in immigration custody.

ICE reported that he suffered from diabetes, contracted Covid-19 during his detention, and presented respiratory problems before being found unresponsive. Resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful.

He entered the US as an undocumented

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Pocos, si acaso alguno, acontecimientos en el segundo mandato del presidente Donald Trump han llevado a su Gobierno a rectificar tanto como cuando agentes federales mataron a dos manifestantes que protestaban contra su ofensiva migratoria en Minneapolis en enero.

Desde entonces, dos altos funcionarios que supervisaban esa ofensiva han dejado sus cargos, incluida la secretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Kristi Noem, y el Gobierno reconoció tácitamente que la situación se había salido de control. Las encuestas confirmaron lo perjudiciales que fueron esas muertes para el Gobierno.

Sin embargo, la situación corre el riesgo de volver a salirse de control para el Gobierno en este tema, y en un momento políticamente bastante delicado.

Después de meses de relativa calma en lo que respecta a grandes controversias sobre deportaciones, agentes federales han matado a dos personas este mes: una en Texas la semana pasada y otra en Maine el lunes.

Al igual que ocurrió con las muertes de Renee Good y Alex Pretti en Minneapolis, estos episodios parecen destinados a poner a prueba no solo la tolerancia de los estadounidenses hacia la agenda migratoria de Trump, sino también la credibilidad del Gobierno. El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) ha hecho repetidamente afirmaciones dudosas e incluso rotundamente falsas sobre este tipo de incidentes, y han vuelto a surgir dudas sobre su versión de los hechos.

Cabe destacar que, en la muerte por disparos más reciente en Maine, el DHS ni siquiera afirma que el hombre que falleció estuviera amenazando la vida de los agentes; solo dice que huía del lugar y que el agente de ICE “temía por la seguridad pública”. Pero, por lo general, eso no es motivo para dispararle a alguien.

Entonces, ¿en qué punto se encuentra políticamente este tema?

Está bastante claro que el impacto de Minneapolis ha perdurado. Eso se debe a que, pese al éxito demostrado de Trump en reducir los cruces fronterizos ilegales a mínimos históricos, sigue claramente en terreno negativo en el tema migratorio.

Una encuesta de Reuters-Ipsos del mes pasado mostró que los estadounidenses desaprobaban a Trump en inmigración por 55 % frente a 37 %. Y dijeron que la política migratoria iba por el “camino equivocado” en vez del correcto por un margen de 51 % frente a 35 %. Esos números eran muy similares a los registrados tras las muertes de Good y Pretti en una encuesta realizada en febrero.

Las encuestas de la Universidad Quinnipiac mostraron que los números de Trump en inmigración mejoraron modestamente desde febrero, al pasar de 21 puntos negativos a 13 puntos negativos el mes pasado. Pero seguía claramente en terreno negativo.

ICE, cuyos agentes dispararon contra ambas personas este mes, también seguía siendo más impopular que nunca, incluso antes de estos últimos tiroteos en Texas y Maine.

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By David Goldman, CNN

(CNN) — Just before the United States reimposed its naval blockade of Iranian ports Tuesday afternoon, Iran appeared to be readying blockade-busting vessels in the Persian Gulf that could attempt to evade US military forces.

Twenty-three Iranian vessels operating inside the Strait of Hormuz are fraudulently flagged, recently turned their transponders off or otherwise manipulating their activities to become what the industry calls “dark vessels” that make up “shadow fleets,” according to Windward Intelligence, a maritime security information service.

Iran has significant experience evading US sanctions, relying for years on a complex network of shadow companies, secretive oil cargo swaps and murky financial exchanges, noted Adnan Mazarei, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and former deputy director of the International Monetary Fund. Its shadow fleets spoof their identities and sell most of their oil to China.

For example, one Iranian tanker tracked by Windward is traveling a circuitous path, loading Iranian crude at Kharg Island – Iran’s main oil hub – and routing through Iraq’s Basrah Oil Terminal before continuing on to its destination to China. That pattern is consistent with Iranian techniques to mask the origin of its cargo, Windward noted.

Ten of the 23 vessels Windward identified as potential blockade-busters hold cargo, according to Vortexa, a cargo tracking service. The remaining 13 are currently empty.

Despite the United States desanctioning Iranian oil as part of its now-defunct Memorandum of Understanding, Iran continued to use its shadow fleet to export roughly 50 million barrels of crude oil in June and 10 million in a single day last week, according to an analysis by TankerTrackers.

Many of those vessels that exited the Strait of Hormuz during the three-week ceasefire agreement are now sanctioned again. Seven of them are giant oil tankers sitting in the Indian Ocean, laden with crude and waiting on a willing buyer, Windward said.

The first US naval blockade, which lasted from mid-April through mid-June, was effective in limiting much – but not all – of Iran’s exports in and out of the strait. The regime makes about 50% of its revenue from oil sales, according to the US Energy Information Administration, and it has found a willing buyer in China, which the EIA says imports about 80% of Iran’s oil, despite US sanctions.

The blockade drove Iran’s massive inflation rate significantly higher: It already averaged 50% over the past 12 months – the country’s highest since World War II – and surged well above that in April, when the blockade started, Mazarei said. Food inflation has run well over 100%.

Around 90% of Iranian trade goes through the Persian Gulf, Mazarei noted.

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