PROVIDENCE — The death of Edimar Alves De Araujo, the Brazilian immigrant who collapsed in the custody of federal immigration agents last month, was caused by “acute intoxication” — a combination of the effects of cocaine and hydroxyzine, a medication used for treating anxiety and vomiting.

The state medical examiner, Thomas Gilson, issued the report on Araujo yesterday, adding that chronic seizure disorder was another significant condition that contributed to the 34-year-old man’s death.

Araujo had been arrested on Aug. 7 by Woonsocket police for a traffic violation, and then sent into federal custody after a fingerprint check revealed he was in the country illegally. He convulsed and died an hour and 20 minutes after being taken into federal custody.

Video surveillance at the Police Department showed Araujo appearing calm and cooperative as he was handcuffed and escorted out by a federal immigration agent for the trip to the Providence office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Thirty-five minutes later, agents in Providence were calling for an ambulance: they said Araujo was convulsing in a holding cell. Firefighters performed CPR on Araujo as they rushed him to Rhode Island Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

His death incited community outrage and anger — from his sister, who alleged that the Woonsocket police prevented her from providing anti-seizure medication to Araujo, from advocacy groups that wanted an explanation about what led to the man’s death, and from the Brazilian government, which pushed for an investigation.

Randy Olen, lawyer for the Araujo family, was out of state and unavailable for comment on the medical examiner’s report yesterday, according to his office. Olen had said before that Araujo’s death “should have and could have been avoided.”

The Office of Inspector General of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility, and the state medical examiner’s office had launched a joint investigation into Araujo’s death.

“We have been in communication with the medical examiner’s office. We are aware of their report,” ICE spokeswoman Paula Grenier said yesterday. “We still have an active ongoing investigation being conducted by the [ICE] Office of Professional Responsibility.”

Grenier did not comment on when that investigation might conclude.

“These are the facts. We were always looking for the facts,” said Ali Noorani, the executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition.

“As the case comes together, we’re going to certainly look closely at what happened and why. At the end of the day, a person died because they were an undocumented immigrant,” he said yesterday.

“How much money, time and emotional drama would have been saved if we had a functioning immigration system?” he said.

kziner@projo.com