ICE Detainee Died Days After Lawyer Raised Medical Concerns

Edwin López-Cornejo, the 39-year-old Salvadoran immigrant who died in an unknown “medical emergency” at the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility on Saturday, had documented health concerns including epilepsy and high blood pressure just days before he died in the notoriously inhumane New Jersey Detention Center. López-Cornejo’s attorney Ingrid Echeverria filed a habeas petition on July 24, referencing the various medications he was taking for epilepsy and blood pressure as justifications…