Venezuelan immigrant detained in Detroit attempted suicide in custody
Mar 8, 2025·Location: Detroit, MI
Country of origin: Venezuela

A Venezuelan immigrant detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection near the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel attempted to take his life by hanging himself in early March 2025. CBP officers intervened and transported him to a hospital for evaluation before transferring him to ICE custody on March 15. The incident is part of a larger pattern where advocates report 213 immigrants were detained in Detroit between January and March 2025, with approximately 90% having accidentally taken the wrong lane onto the Ambassador Bridge or tunnel while attempting to return to the U.S.
Sources
- Detroit Free Press
- Detroit Free Press
- mlive.com
- Detroit Metro Times: Immigrants are ‘disappearing’ at Detroit’s Ambassador Bridge
- Wrong turn leads to hundreds of immigrant arrests at the Detroit-Canada border bridge - TPR: The Public's Radio
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