# Former ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainee says he was held in phone booth-sized cage for 15 hours

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- NBC News, 2026-09-17 22:06 UTC
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- Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-alligator-alcatraz-detainee-says-was-placed-phone-booth-sized-c-rcna598013

> Former detainee Raúl Suárez Herrero alleged that immigration detention officers confined him for about 15 hours in a cage slightly larger than a phone booth. In the Florida swampland, he feared snakes and endured mosquitoes, he said.

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