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The death of Geraldo Lunas Campos in ICE custody, classified as a homicide.
Official records do not establish that was killed by in 2026: ICE reported his death on Jan. 14 as a “presumed suicide” after staff found him unconscious at , and the agency says the cause remains und...
Available reporting indicates that Geraldo Lunas Campos — a 55-year-old detainee at Camp East Montana in El Paso — died on Jan. 3 while in ICE custody and that at least one fellow detainee alleges he ...
There is no single, authoritative count in the supplied reporting of how many deaths in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody since 2000 have been officially classified as homicides o...
Medical examiners have publicly classified one death of a person in ICE custody as a homicide in the 2025–2026 timeframe: the January 3, 2026 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at Camp East Montana in El P...
died on Jan. 3, 2026, at ICE initially said he experienced “medical distress” and later characterized the episode as a suicide attempt, while the death a homicide caused by asphyxia from neck and tors...
A county medical examiner’s classification—, suicide or natural causes—reshapes the public record and often becomes the hinge for in deaths that occur in immigration custody, prompting fresh scrutiny,...
ruled the Jan. 3 death of a , citing asphyxia from neck and torso compression and noting he became “unresponsive while being physically restrained by law enforcement,” language reflected in the . That...