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Correction: Honduras Prison Fire-Deportee story

Mar 5, 2012, 11:46 PM

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – In a story March 2 about a man who was mistakenly deported and later died in a prison fire in Honduras, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the Department of Justice notified Immigration and Customs Enforcement of a stay order in the man’s case. ICE was notified of the stay order on Sept. 30 by Nelson Avila-Lopez’s lawyer, which is the procedure for notification, according to the DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review.

(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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Correction: Honduras Prison Fire-Deportee story