Nicaraguan immigrant Victor Manuel Diaz found dead in a Texas detention facility
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Key Points:
- Victor Manuel Diaz, a 36-year-old Nicaraguan immigrant, was found dead last week at the ICE detention facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, with authorities indicating he appears to have died by suicide.
- Diaz was detained in Minnesota on January 6 during a federal immigration crackdown, transferred to Texas, and had a final removal order issued on January 12, two days before his death.
- The facility also recently saw the death of another detainee, Geraldo Lunas Campos, whose death is being investigated as a likely homicide due to asphyxia from chest and neck compression during an incident involving multiple guards.
- Reports from a fellow detainee allege that Campos was restrained by at least five officers
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