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Another detainee, 37-year-old El Salvadoran national Nor lan Guzman-Fuentes, died the day of the shooting, ICE said Monday.
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Holly Yan, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Amid the administration's hard-line deportation strategy, the death raises questions about detainee medical care and oversight for those in ICE custody.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
The detainee was on site at Wiley Manuel Courthouse for a routine pretrial hearing, according to the news release.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
Another of her bosses told her not to leave a paper trail about a detainee’s overdose.
—Christopher Damien, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
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Holly Yan, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Amid the administration's hard-line deportation strategy, the death raises questions about detainee medical care and oversight for those in ICE custody.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
The detainee was on site at Wiley Manuel Courthouse for a routine pretrial hearing, according to the news release.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
Another of her bosses told her not to leave a paper trail about a detainee’s overdose.
—Christopher Damien, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for detainee
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Public figures who sue for defamation must prove the defendant acted with actual malice.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Rivera, a former gang leader of the Latin Kings, is serving 19 years after testifying against his co-defendants.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
15 Oct. 2025
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Money bail became more common around the turn of the 20th century with the rise of commercial bail bonds, in which a bail bond business would front the bail money, charging the arrestee a portion of the bail amount as a fee.—
Christine Scott-Hayward,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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The civil offense also affects the type of judge who will hear the case, whether an arrestee is entitled to legal representation and how quickly the Department of Homeland Security can remove someone from the United States.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
23 Aug. 2025
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The offenders will get young women to send explicit photos using similar blackmailing tactics.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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If this is what’s happening, Durvasula advises talent leaders to figure out ways to keep offenders away from as many people as possible.—
Susan Caminiti,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors argued that Shockley's motive to kill Graham was because the trooper was investigating him as the prime suspect in a case of leaving the scene of a fatal accident.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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The investigation eventually uncovers chilling clues that lead to Bryan Kohberger (Merry), a seemingly quiet criminology PhD student, as the only suspect.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
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Submit a photo and information about each fish to qualify.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Oct. 2025
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Exercises focused on how to find and purify water, fish and hunt for animals, forage for edible plants, find dry wood to build a fire and construct palm leaf-sapling lean-to shelters.—
Kit Bernardi,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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As the trend becomes increasingly widespread, criminals are turning to faster ways to procure cars for racing.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Instead, two wannabe criminals, with their faces obscured by pantyhose, simply walk into the local art museum and rip the paintings right off the walls.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Detainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detainee. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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