Salvadorian native arrested in Prince William dies in ICE custody

insidenova.com
By: Keith Walker
Published: October 03, 2011

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. --

For four days Daniel Ramirez couldn’t find his nephew, Anibal Ramirez, who it turned out was in the custody Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Anibal Ramirez, a 37-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was arrested on Sept. 26 by Virginia State Police and turned over to ICE on Sept. 27, according to an ICE press release.

He died Sunday at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville of liver failure, the release stated.

Daniel Ramirez, who held a press conference along with Mexicans Without Borders in front of the jail in Manassas Monday, said that the family couldn’t find Anibal Ramirez or learn anything about the charges against him until they got a phone call from ICE officials Saturday. That's when immigration officials told them Anibal Ramirez was in the hospital in critical condition with little chance of surviving.

“He was in bad condition. He was laid down in the bed with many lines in his body and his mouth,â€