The family of Ismael Ayala-Uribe, the 39-year-old Mexican man and former DACA recipient who died in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week, demanded answers during a press conference on Tuesday.

"I still don't understand it. How did this happen?" Ayala's mother, Lucia Uribe, asked.

She says that she spoke with Ayala two or three times a day when he was being held at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, and that she could hear him getting sicker as time progressed. He told her that he was taking medication, but that it wasn't anything strong enough to kill an infection.

The family is still waiting on the official autopsy results from the San Bernardino County Coroner. Ayala died on Sept. 21 while awaiting surgery for an abscess on his buttock, ICE said at t

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