Second man dies at Texas ICE detention facility in two weeks
The Guardian • • nation
Key Points:
- Victor Manuel Diaz, a 36-year-old Nicaraguan detainee, died by presumed suicide on January 14 at the Camp East Montana ICE detention facility in El Paso, Texas, with the official cause of death still under investigation.
- Diaz was detained on January 6 during a deportation operation in Minneapolis and was ordered removed in absentia by an immigration judge in August 2024 before being taken into custody for deportation.
- Another detainee, Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, from Cuba, died at the same facility on January 3 under circumstances being investigated as a potential homicide, with reports indicating he was asphyxiated during an altercation with guards.
- ICE reported that Campos was experiencing
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