ajcnews A Colombian woman who is eight months pregnant was put on a deportation flight at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport Wednesday afternoon, despite being in a state of medical distress, according to a human rights group. Zharick Daniela Buitrago Ortiz had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in November seeking asylum, but was deported subject to an expedited removal process and not permitted to pursue asylum over an alleged gang affiliation. According to officials with the Kennedy Human Rights Center, which is providing legal representation to Ortiz, the 21-year-old was experiencing intense, shooting pain in her back and abdomen in the lead-up to the flight’s departure, but was allegedly denied medical care by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The Center’s lawyers filed a last-minute petition with the federal court in Atlanta to stop the deportation to Colombia, citing “serious risk to her health and safety and that of her unborn child.” U.S. District Judge Sarah Geraghty sided with Ortiz’s counsel and issued a temporary restraining order, which would have stopped ICE from moving forward with the deportation. But the order was issued too late — roughly three hours after the flight departed, according to her attorneys. Read the full story at the link in our bio. 🖋️ : Lautaro Grinspan 📸 : Arvin Temkar / AJC View all 173 comments