A Nicaraguan immigrant arrested by immigration agents in Minneapolis has died at a detention camp in El Paso, Texas, while facing deportation, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, who is originally from Nicaragua, has become the third detainee to have died at the sprawling detention facility, called Camp East Montana.
He was pronounced dead on Wednesday, Jan. 14, ICE said in a report published on Sunday, Jan 18. He was found dead of a presumed suicide. He had received his final removal order on Jan. 12.
Diaz was detained on Jan. 6 by ICE agents during operations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which has seen a surge of thousands of federal agents as part of President Donald Trump's increased immigration enforcement. The operation in Minnesota has been plagued by controversy, including the Jan. 7 shooting death of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent.
Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés was the first detainee held at the El Paso facility to die. The 48-year-old man from Guatemala was taken to the hospital on Nov. 16 and would later die on Dec. 3.
