Autopsy report concluded Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, died from ‘asphyxia due to neck and torso compression’
The death of a Cuban migrant inside a Texas immigration detention facility has been officially classified as a homicide, according to an El Paso county autopsy report.
Wednesday’s autopsy report from the El Paso county medical examiner’s office concluded that Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, died from “asphyxia due to neck and torso compression”, according to Adam Gonzalez, a deputy medical examiner.
The report, which the Associated Press reviewed, also cited witnesses saying Lunas Campos became “unresponsive while being physically restrained by law enforcement”. The document added that Lunas Campos had injuries on his chest and knees – as well as petechial hemorrhages in the eyelids and neck.
Lunas Campos died on 3 January while being held by federal immigration officials at Camp East Montana, a detention facility near El Paso. Confirming Lunas Campos’s death earlier in January, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claimed that Lunas Campos died after “experiencing medical distress” – adding that his death was under investigation.
