Adelanto Detainee Shows Water With Worm-Like Creatures Weeks After 24-Hour Clean-Water Order
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 3
Adelanto Detainee Shows Water With Worm-Like Creatures Weeks After 24-Hour Clean-Water Order
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 3
Summary
Video released by Carlitos Ricardo Parias’s attorneys shows the Adelanto ICE detainee holding a bottle of drinking water that appeared to contain worm-like creatures, footage they said was recorded this week.
Parias said staff-issued water jugs supplied the contaminated water and that he poured it into a bottle to preserve evidence, though the exact source and how widely it was distributed remain unclear.
The footage surfaced weeks after a federal judge ordered ICE to provide Adelanto detainees 24-hour access to clean, potable water in a class action over food, water and medical-care conditions.
DHS did not answer questions about the video and said the facility uses the same city water as Adelanto residents, while court filings this week said independent testing found drinking water met FDA standards.
Advocates and lawyers in the lawsuit called the clip disturbing and said it raises fresh questions about compliance at a facility long accused of murky, foul-tasting water and repeated shortages.