NEW YORK (Sputnik) — US officials are reviewing whether Russian consular officials were timely notified of the detention of Russian national Igor Zyazin prior to his death in US custody last week, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) said in a statement.
"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is committed to complying with all international agreements and DHS officials are looking into the circumstances surrounding the consular notifications in this case," the statement noted on Wednesday.
Russian Foreign Ministry’s Human Rights Ombudsman Konstantin Dolgov said that Washington did not inform Moscow about Zyazin’s detention prior to his death, which constitutes a direct violation of the US- Russia consular convention agreement of June 1, 1964.
According to the ICE, Zyazin had presented a Russian passport to CBP officers at the port of entry into the United States, after which officers determined he had previously been deported in 2009. Zyazin had no criminal history in the United States, ICE added.
The Russian Consulate General in California has established contact with ICE to find out the details of the incident.
