Homicide inquiry eyed after ICE detainee’s death in Texas camp
TL;DR
A 55-year-old Cuban immigrant, Geraldo Lunas Campos, died Jan. 3 in ICE custody at Camp East Montana near Fort Bliss, El Paso. A local medical examiner preliminarily ruled the cause as asphyxia due to neck and chest compression, prompting a possible homicide investigation; ICE says he died after medical distress and the case remains under review. Campos had prior convictions (child sexual abuse, firearm possession, aggravated assault) and had been highlighted by DHS as among the agency’s listed “worst of the worst.”
- Death of ICE camp detainee could be investigated as homicide after examiner’s report | First Thing The Guardian
- Medical examiner likely to classify death of ICE detainee as homicide, recorded call says The Washington Post
- Report: Migrant's death at Fort Bliss detention center likely ruled homicide KFOX
- Report: Cuban immigrant's death at Camp East Montana likely 'homicide' El Paso Times
- Report: Medical examiner believes death of ICE detainee arrested in Upstate NY was homicide Syracuse.com
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