Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- A third undocumented immigrant, Victor Manuel Diaz, died at the Camp East Montana ICE detention center in Texas, marking the third death at the facility in 44 days; his death is presumed to be a suicide but remains under investigation.
- Camp East Montana, located on the Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso, houses nearly 3,000 detainees in a tent-style structure favored by ICE for immigration enforcement operations.
- Two other detainees, Francisco Gaspar-Andres and Geraldo Lunas Campos, died in custody in December and early January, with causes of death either pending or under investigation.
- Concerns about detainee safety at the facility have been raised by members of Congress amid increased ICE detentions under the Trump administration
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