US EditionMan’s Death in ICE Custody Likely To Be Ruled a Homicide, Recording Says
Preliminary findings cite asphyxia from neck and chest compression after a struggle involving five guards, with four deaths in ICE custody so far this year, according to The Washington Post.
- On Jan. 15, 2026, an El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner employee told Geraldo Lunas Campos's daughter the death is likely a homicide, listing preliminary cause as asphyxia due to neck and chest compression pending toxicology report and final autopsy.
- On Jan. 3, Lunas Campos was reported dead after refusing to return to his dorm and being placed in segregation at Camp East Montana, where he was held since Sept. 6, 2025, ICE says.
- Santos Jesus Flores, fellow detainee and witness, told The Post he saw five guards struggling with Lunas Campos, who repeatedly said in Spanish, `No puedo respirar.`
- On-Site medical personnel responded immediately, and EMTs declared him deceased after resuscitation attempts; the El Paso County Medical Examiner autopsy and toxicology remained pending as of Jan. 15, 2026.
- A homicide determination would likely amplify scrutiny of Camp East Montana, with last year seeing at least 30 deaths in immigration detention and four in early 2026.
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Local leaders and organizations are speaking up regarding a recent detainee's death at Camp East Montana that could be ruled as a homicide. This comes after the Washington Post reported on Thursday, Jan. 16, that El Paso County’s Office of the Medical Examiner “will likely” classify 55 -year-old Geraldo Lunas [...]
‘ICE Kills’: Guards reportedly choked man to death at El Paso detention center
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Jan. 16, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. A Texas medical examiner is reportedly planning to classify the recent death of Geraldo Lunas Campos, who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last summer, as a homicide, marking the latest apparent abuse at the hands of an agency that has been rampaging lawlessly through US communities at the beh…
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