Guatemalan Woman's Pain in ICE Detention

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A 23-year-old Guatemalan woman named Andrea Pedro Francisco got picked up by ICE agents

on February 4th in Minnesota during their Operation Metro Surge.

She was set for surgery to remove a big ovarian cyst, but now in detention, her lawyer says

she's dealing with worse bleeding and pain without real help.

She fled her indigenous town in Guatemala at 16, with her mom, and asked for asylum here.

After Minnesota, they shipped her to El Paso, first to Campy's Montana, the biggest

U.S. detention spot for up to 5,000 people, then to an ICE, processing center.

Her attorney Ruby Powers and Minnesota congresswoman Angie Craig argues she's only getting

ivy profan for the agony, not the surgery she needs.

Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security claims medical staff saw her seven times

on-site, sent her to an emergency room once, and gave pain.

Meds after diagnosing the cyst.

This hits hard amid reports of at least 48 immigrant deaths in ICE custody since President

Trump came back, including 17 and 20, 26.

Advocates point to spots like Campy's Montana is dangerous, with one recent case of a 48-year-old

Guatemalan dying from liver issues after.

Transfer.

Blamed on neglect by his family and a local rep.

Pedro Francisco's team is pushing for her release on humanitarian grounds after a court

denied their first petition, as ICE plans her deportation back.

To Guatemala, where they say, she can get fixed up.