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A Nicaraguan man died in ICE custody at the Camp East Montana detention facility near Fort Bliss in El Paso, marking the third death at the site. ICE says the death is a presumed suicide and the official cause is under investigation, as critics urge officials to shutter the privately run facility following multiple fatalities this month.
A medical examiner employee told the detainee’s daughter that, pending toxicology results, the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at Camp East Montana is likely to be listed as a homicide with asphyxia from neck/chest compression, while ICE says he died after attempting to take his own life in a struggle. Eyewitness accounts and internal ICE records describe guards restraining him, underscoring concerns about detention conditions, the use of force, and the role of private contractors at the facility amid a rise in detainee deaths.