ABC 10News: Family Demands Accountability 3 Years After Romanian Father Died in ICE Custody at Otay Mesa
March 11, 2026
In “ABC 10News: Family Demands Accountability 3 Years After Romanian Father Died in ICE Custody at Otay Mesa” (ABC 10News, March 11, 2026), ABC 10News discusses two daughters’ recent efforts to hold ICE accountable after their father, Cristian Dumitrascu, died in custody at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in 2023.
The Mami Chelo Foundation, which is working on the case, had to sue ICE to obtain video of the medical emergency and says it shows a delayed response. Attorneys at Pollock Cohen represented Mami Chelo Foundation in a successful FOIA lawsuit against ICE to obtain that footage.
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