Miami-based protest group Democracy Movement said it wants answers into the death of a Guyanese man who died at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre last year.
Democracy Movement spokesperson Ramon Sanchez said he plans to meet with the Guyanese consul general in Miami to establish dialogue on the issue.
A coroner’s inquest has started into the death of Gordon Tilford, 33, who died at the detention center on December 3, 2012, according to Director of Immigration William Pratt.
At the time of his death, immigration officials said it was unclear how he died and foul play was not suspected.
Sanchez claims that Cuban detainees at the facility witnessed Tilford’s death. He claimed that one of the detainees attempted to give Tilford mouth-to-mouth resuscitation when he collapsed.
“We want the people who watched him die questioned by the authorities,” Sanchez said. “The government can do and say what they want about us. They can call us the enemy.
“But they cannot deny what we’ve been saying because it’s true. The abuse in the center was real, and it was bad.”
