About 50 people gathered to mourn Leo Cruz-Silva, who died by suicide in a jail in Ste. Genevieve last week while being detained by ICE. His was the second reported suicide in ICE custody in Missouri this year.

Around 50 people gathered Sunday night outside the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff's Office and Detention Center to mourn Leo Cruz-Silva, a 34-year-old Mexican immigrant who died while detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week.

Cruz-Silva was arrested by Festus police on Sept. 30 for public intoxication, according to federal immigration officials. He was transferred to ICE custody on Oct. 1 and taken to the Ste. Genevieve Detention Center. He died one day after arriving.

"He wasn't even here for more than 24 hours," said Sarah Drost. She was one of the dozens o

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