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Texas Medical Examiner Rules Cuban ICE Detainee Death a Homicide
The autopsy found asphyxia from physical restraint, contradicting ICE's suicide claim; Campos was the third detainee to die recently at Camp East Montana, which holds 5,000 people.
- On Jan. 3, the El Paso County Medical Examiner ruled the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at Camp East Montana a homicide caused by asphyxia from neck and torso compression.
- ICE's Jan. 9 statement said staff placed him in segregation after he became disruptive while waiting for medication, medical staff responded, summoned EMS, and paramedics pronounced him dead.
- Autopsy report and witnesses said Lunas Campos became unresponsive while physically restrained, with abrasions on his chest and knees and neck hemorrhages consistent with pressure during a struggle.
- The homicide ruling raises stakes as Rep. Veronica Escobar called on DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and acting ICE Director Todd M. Lyons to brief Congress and preserve evidence, while DHS and ICE investigate.
- The camp is a tent facility on Fort Bliss, operated under a $1.2 billion contract awarded to Acquisition Logistics LLC, with recent deaths highlighting broader concerns.
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A Cuban migrant held in solitary confinement at an immigration detention facility in Texas died after guards held him down and he stopped breathing, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday that ruled the death a homicide.
·Canada
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According to media reports, a coroner classified the death of a imprisoned migrant as killing, and the U.S. government had described the case as suicide.
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After the death of a Cuban prisoner, the immigration authority ICE spoke of a suicide. Now the legal medicine contradicts.
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