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Three detainees have died at Camp East Montana in less than two months, prompting calls for closure amid investigations into suicide and possible homicide, officials said.
- On Jan. 14, Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, a Nicaraguan national, was pronounced dead at Camp East Montana, Fort Bliss-area detention facility, ICE said the death was a presumed suicide while the official cause is under investigation.
- ICE arrested Victor Manuel Diaz in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 6 during Operation Metro Surge, and processed him as having a final removal order on Jan. 12 before detaining him.
- Contract security staff at Camp East Montana found Diaz unconscious in his room, and on-site medical staff with El Paso EMS pronounced him dead at 4:09 p.m. local time.
- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, called for probes after Diaz became the third detainee to die at Fort Bliss, prompting renewed scrutiny and demands for answers.
- The $1.2 billion Camp East Montana, on Fort Bliss, held 3,080 detainees as of Dec. 19 and faced scrutiny after nearly 90 emergency calls, ICE said.
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ICE says immigrant who died in Texas detention center committed suicide
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).Immigration and Customs Enforcement said an immigrant who was found dead at an immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, last week had killed himself.Victor Manuel Diaz, from Nicaragua, appeared to have taken his own life on Wednesday at the sprawling tent complex at the U.S. A…
Calls grow to shut down troubled ICE detention center after third death in 2 months
Officials in both Texas and Minnesota are calling for accountability and a full investigation into conditions at Camp East Montana, the sprawling detention complex at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, following the third reported death at the facility in less than two months.Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, was ...
A 36-year-old Nicaraguan migrant died this week in the largest U.S. immigration detention center.
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Minnesota leaders call for investigation into death of a man at ICE facility in Texas
Minnesota elected officials are calling for a transparent investigation into the death of a man who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota and later died in federal custody. Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, died Jan. 14 at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas. Diaz was detained by ICE in Minneapolis on Jan. 6 after agents determined he was not authorized to be in the country, ...
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