News Releases and Statements

Pablo Ortiz-Matamoros, a Honduran national who has been in the custody of U.S. ICE since Nov. 5, 2012, passed away Feb. 8 at Conroe Regional Medical Center (CRMC) due to lymphoma and related complications.

Consular officials notified next of kin in Guatemala of the death.

Juan Pablo Flores-Segura, a Mexican national who was hospitalized for a brain hemorrhage hours after coming into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody last week, was taken off life support Monday night at a San Bernardino hospital following his parents' arrival from Mexico.

A 46-year-old man from Gabon, who was in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), passed away Thursday morning at the Aurora Medical Center in Aurora, Colo., after complaining of chest pains.

A Mexican national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away Sunday morning at Victor Valley Community Hospital where he had been undergoing treatment for pneumonia.

A Mexican national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away Tuesday evening at Desert Springs Hospital just hours after he was turned over to ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).

Ricardo Rojas-Hernandez, A Mexican national in the custody of ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) since Nov. 4, passed away on Dec. 19 at Northeast Hermann Memorial Hospital in Houston. A preliminary medical report indicates the cause of death was cardiac pulmonary arrest.

A Mexican national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away Sunday morning at the University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson.

Mauro Antonio Rivera-Romero, an El Salvadoran national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away Wednesday evening at Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, Texas.

A 33-year-old El Salvadoran national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away Sunday afternoon at the University of Virginia (UVA) Medical Center in Charlottesville, Va.

A 56-year-old Ecuadorian national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away early Monday morning at the Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, N.J., due to an apparent heart attack.

Irene Bamenga, a French citizen and Angolan national in the custody of U.S. ICE, passed away early Wednesday morning at the Albany Memorial Hospital due to an apparent heart condition.

A 54-year-old El Salvadoran national being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away late Thursday evening at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Ga.

A Bosnian national woman in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away Sunday night at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah, of an apparent heart attack.

A Chinese national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since Feb. 14 passed away on Feb. 23 at the Lock Haven Hospital in Lock Haven, Pa., of an apparent suicide.

A Honduran national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since Jan. 12 passed away on Jan. 31 due to cardiac arrest at the University of California Irvine (UCI) Medical Center.

A Mexican national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since Jan. 6 passed away on Jan. 13 at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center as a result of natural causes.