Medical examiner believes death of ICE detainee arrested in Upstate NY was homicide (report)
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Key Points:
- Geraldo Lunas Campos, a 55-year-old Cuban detainee at ICE's Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, died on January 3, with his death now likely to be classified as a homicide due to asphyxia from neck and chest compression, according to the El Paso County Medical Examiner's Office.
- Campos had a criminal history including convictions for sexual contact with a child under 11 and weapon possession, and was arrested in Rochester, New York, during an ICE enforcement operation in July.
- A fellow detainee reported seeing guards choke Campos as he resisted entering segregation without his medications, with Campos reportedly saying "I can't breathe" in Spanish.
- The Department of Homeland Security stated that Campos attempted suicide and violently resisted staff
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