Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas, known to friends and family as “Lenchito,” died on Sunday, Aug. 31, while detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Central Arizona Correctional Complex in Florence.

Batrez Vargas, 32, was raised in Flagstaff and graduated from Coconino High School. Copy article link

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