In the 500 days between President Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025 and June 4, 2026, 52 people died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in the United States. The mortality rate of deaths in ICE custody is at its highest level in over a decade and has more than doubled since Trump’s second term began. The rate is nearly four times that of the Biden administration, and more than two and a half times as high as that of the first Trump administration. The current trend-level rate is now even higher than during the Covid-19 pandemic. Urgent action is needed to address this crisis and prevent further deaths. (PHR.org)
ICE is also no longer tracking detainee deaths post-release even “as the agency records its highest in-custody death toll in 20 years” (Napiza, 2026).
Despite the bad press ICE has been receiving and the deaths of detainees that have occurred in their custody, Core Civic has reported that “Facility Activations and Higher Occupancy Drive Strong Financial Performance” which included a total revenue of $2.2 billion for the 2025 fiscal year, a 13% increase on the previous year and Geo Group has said that “For the first quarter 2026, we reported total revenues of $705.2 million compared to $604.6 million for the first quarter 2025, reflecting a 17 percent increase.”1
As long as running concentration camps continues to be profitable, as long as ICE continues to have the budget to pay the private prisons that house their detainees (their FY 2026 budget “includes $11.3B, 21,808 positions, and 21,786 full-time equivalents”), and as long as the administration is directing them to fulfill quotas of 2,000 detainments per day, these deaths will continue.
The ripple effect of these deaths (whether by outright murder or by medical neglect and inhumane treatment) and of detentions in U.S. concentration camps more broadly cannot be overstated. These tragic family separations leave more devastating consequences in their wake than just the individual detained.
Orlin Hernandez Reyes, a 2-year-old child born in the U.S. was separated from his mother when she was detained.
Inside a Louisiana detention center, Hernandez said she made constant requests through an ICE-issued tablet to be reunited with her son. She did not want to leave the U.S. without him.
On the day she was deported, the tablet went dark. She said she and other crying mothers were shackled and loaded onto the planes without their children. One had recently given birth and her breasts were heavy with milk.
– “She was deported without her toddler. Then ICE blamed her for his killing.” (Sacchetti, 2026)
Left with his uncle, Orlin was abused and eventually murdered. Now, his mother, who described Orlin as “the love of my life”, must find a way to reunite with his body to bury him in the country responsible for separating them in the first place.
Others detained and then deported by ICE to countries they had left in order to seek asylum have been murdered upon their return.
Nixon Giovanni Pérez Paz and his wife, Glendy Marisol González de la Cruz, were found gagged with their hands and feet bound, showing signs of physical trauma, St. Louis Public Radio reports. Their 14-month-old daughter, Giovanni, was found crying next to her mother, with signs of dehydration. She’s now recovering in a medical center.
– “Missouri Couple Found Tied Up and Shot Dead After ICE Deportation” (Rashid, 2026)
So, although this post focuses on those murdered by ICE directly, this is not to imply that these are the only deaths that ICE is responsible for.
January 3, 2026
1. Geraldo Lunas Campos
Geraldo Lunas Campos died Jan. 3 following an altercation with guards. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the 55-year-old father of four was attempting suicide and the staff tried to save him.
But a witness told The Associated Press last week that Lunas Campos was handcuffed as at least five guards held him down and one put an arm around his neck and squeezed until he was unconscious.
His death was one of at least three reported in little more than a month at Camp East Montana, a sprawling tent facility in the desert on the grounds of Fort Bliss, an Army base.
“Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia, autopsy finds” (2026)
January 5, 2026
2. Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres
On 5 January, Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres, a 42-year-old immigrant from Honduras, died in ICE custody at HCA Houston Healthcare in Conroe, Texas. He had been admitted into the Houston-area hospital for a heart-related condition, according to an ICE statement. Núñez was first arrested by ICE agents during an operation in Houston on 17 November and was eventually transferred to the Joe Corley processing center in Conroe. On New Year’s Eve, ICE said, “he suffered multiple life-threatening medical emergencies, and HCA medical personnel moved him to the intensive care unit, where he remained until his death”. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement to the Guardian: “We have maintained higher standard of care than most prisons that hold US citizens – including providing access to proper medical care.” For many immigrants, the DHS said, “this is the best healthcare they have received their entire lives”.
“My brother was a person full of life and hope, always fighting for his wellbeing and that of our family,” Núñez’s brother wrote in Spanish on a GoFundMe page requesting assistance in bringing his brother’s body home. “Sadly, his life was cut short due to the lack of adequate medical care while he was in ICE custody.”
“Eight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. These are their stories” (2026)
January 6, 2026
3. Luis Beltrán Yáñez–Cruz
On 6 January, Honduran immigrant Luis Beltrán Yáñez–Cruz died at the John F Kennedy memorial hospital in Indio, California, from heart-related issues, according to an ICE statement following his death. The father of three initially entered the US in 1993, according to ICE, was removed from the country, and re-entered at least 20 years ago. ICE arrested him in Newark, New Jersey, in November 2025.
According to ICE, Yáñez-Cruz was detained at Imperial regional detention facility in Calexico and was later transferred to the hospital for chest pain, where he died.
His daughter, Josselyn Yanez, told News Channel 3 that his heart-related issues began after he was detained. “My soul was destroyed,” she said, “because I really hoped that my father would leave that place, but not in this way.”
“Eight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. These are their stories” (2026)
January 7, 2026
4. Renee Nicole Good
Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by a federal agent in her car on 7 January. The 37-year-old mother of three was a poet and writer who had moved to Minneapolis from Kansas City, Missouri, last year. The DHS secretary, Kristi Noem, said that the law enforcement agent who killed Good had responded to an “act of domestic terrorism”.
Donna Ganger, her mother, told the Minnesota Star Tribune: “Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known.”
“Eight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. These are their stories” (2026)
January 9, 2026
5. Parady La
A Pennsylvania man, Parady La, died while in ICE custody at the Thomas Jefferson University hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 9 January. The 46-year-old Cambodian immigrant was picked up near his Upper Darby home a few days before his death, his family told 6 ABC Action News. In a statement, ICE said that La was found unresponsive in the federal detention center in Philadelphia, where he was receiving treatment for drug withdrawal.
He was given Narcan and then taken to the hospital and diagnosed with organ failures, among other conditions. His family was notified on 8 January and visited him at the hospital, after they had spent days searching for him.
His daughter, Jazmine La, said that her father “was a real person and people loved him”.
“Eight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. These are their stories” (2026)
January 14, 2026
6. Víctor Manuel Díaz
A 36-year-old Nicaraguan immigrant, Víctor Manuel Díaz, also died at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, on 14 January. In a statement following his death, ICE said that security staff found him “unconscious and unresponsive in his room”. ICE said that Díaz’s death was a “presumed suicide” but that his death remained under investigation.
“I don’t believe he took his life,” Díaz’s brother Yorlan Díaz told ABC News. “He was not a criminal. He was looking for a better life and he wanted to help our mother.”
“Eight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. These are their stories” (2026)
January 14, 2026
7. Heber Sánchez Domínguez
Heber Sánchez Domínguez, a 34-year-old from Mexico, died at the Robert A Deyton detention center in Lovejoy, Georgia, on 14 January. In a statement, ICE said that he was found unresponsive and that his death was under investigation. After being arrested in Georgia on 7 January for driving without a license, he was transferred to the Lovejoy detention center as he awaited removal proceedings. ICE said that the detention center staff found him hanging by his neck and transferred him to the Piedmont Henry medical center, where he was pronounced dead.
The Mexican consulate in Atlanta told CBS News that Mexican officials have asked that “the circumstances of the incident be clarified”.
“Eight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. These are their stories” (2026)
January 24, 2026
8. Alex Pretti
Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse for a veterans affairs hospital, was fatally shot by federal agents during an anti-ICE protest in Minneapolis on 24 January. The 37-year-old Minneapolis resident was trying to help a woman who had been pushed to the ground by ICE agents when he was tackled, beaten, restrained and shot to death.
Following his death, the senior White House official Stephen Miller wrote on X: “A domestic terrorist tried to assassinate federal law enforcement …” Video evidence showed that Pretti, who was carrying a firearm around his waist, was holding only his phone in his hand and that he was disarmed before being shot.
“Eight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. These are their stories” (2026)
February 16, 2026
9. Dr. Linda Davis
On February 16, Dr. Linda Davis was tragically killed when her car was struck by another vehicle fleeing an ICE arrest. Dr. Davis’s death is obviously heartbreaking for her family, her students, and her community. Her death has also impacted people who did not have the privilege of knowing her by raising important legal and policy questions about who bears the responsibility when ICE engages in reckless vehicle pursuits to enforce civil immigration orders.
“Who Killed Dr. Linda Davis? The Law Says ICE is at Least Partially to Blame.” (2026)
February 16, 2026
10. Lorth Sim
Sim lost his legal status after a criminal conviction. On Dec. 30, 2025, as federal agents swarmed cities across the country, he was at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Boston. A press release from ICE did not say why he was there, just that officers “encountered” him in the lobby.
But Mattie Haag, a Chicago civil rights attorney who represents Sim’s family, said he went there, willingly, and turned himself in. Sim’s plan was to self-deport, Haag said. He’d even found a place to live in Cambodia.
On the morning of Feb. 16, after six weeks inside the prison, Sim was found in his cell, pulseless. He was pronounced dead an hour later.
Sim, a Type 2 diabetic, was prescribed metformin, an oral medication to control blood sugar levels. But in the six weeks he was detained at the facility, Sim never received the pills, according to a former Centurion nurse familiar with Sim’s medical situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. The nurse said blood glucose checks ordered by a medical provider were also never done.
“He survived a genocidal regime — and died in ICE detention at an Indiana prison” (2026)
February 16, 2026
11. Jairo Garcia Hernandez
A Guatemalan man died at a Miami hospital while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials said.
Jairo Garcia-Hernandez, 27, died on Feb. 16 at Larkin Community Hospital, ICE officials said Friday.
Garcia-Hernandez collapsed unexpectedly and became unresponsive, and despite livesaving efforts, he died, officials said.
His exact cause of death is under investigation but ICE officials said had a long history of severe medical complications and was already in ill health when he was taken into ICE custody.
“Guatemalan man dies at Miami hospital while in ICE custody” (2026)
February 24, 2026
12. Erika Arhuiz Vega
L.A. TACO confirmed another death connected to the conditions of ICE detention centers. Memo Torres posted about Erika Arhuiz Vega, who was at the California City Immigration Processing Center, owned by CoreCivic. She was on dialysis, and her health began to deteriorate because she was not receiving her treatment inside the facility. Her health reached fatal conditions, and she died shortly after being deported to Peru. Make sure to watch the full video on L.A. TACO News.
“Daily Memo: ICE Returns to Downtown LA ISAP Office, Increases Raids in the Inland Empire” (2026)
February 24, 2026
13. Nurul Amin Shah Alam
The death in the US of “nearly blind” refugee Nurul Amin Shah Alam, who was found outdoors in freezing temperatures days after his release from federal immigration custody, has been ruled a homicide in New York state.
The Erie County Medical Examiner’s Office said Shah Alam’s death in the city of Buffalo was caused by “complications of a perforated duodenal ulcer, precipitated by hypothermia and dehydration”.
He was dropped off at a Tim Horton’s shop near his last known address, according to the Legal Aid Bureau charity, which added that his family no longer lived there or in that part of the city.
Shah Alam’s son told Reuters the family was not notified of when or where he had been dropped off.
According to police, his lawyer reported him missing on 22 February. Two days later, a passer-by found his body on the street.
Shah Alam was found dead nearly 6 miles (9.7km) away from the shop.
“Refugee’s death after release by US immigration authorities ruled homicide” (2026)
February 27, 2026
14. Alberto Gutiérrez‑Reyes
A man under the custody of federal immigration agents died in a California hospital last month after suffering from chest pain and shortness of breath, with one local official alleging the detainee was denied medical care before his death.
Gutiérrez Reyes’s wife, Patricia Martínez Hernandez, spoke to ABC7 and said her husband suffered from diabetes and high cholesterol, which she said were left untreated by the medical center.
“He would say that he wasn’t feeling well. He wasn’t feeling well. When my son went to go see him Sunday, my son goes every Sunday, he would tell me, ‘Mom, dad’s skin is yellow. His face is yellow.’ Last week, the Sunday before, he told me, ‘Mom, his eyes are yellow,” Martínez Hernandez told the news outlet.
“We were a close-knit family. My partner wasn’t an animal, so they shouldn’t have prevented us from saying goodbye,” Martínez Hernandez told the news outlet. “I want answers. Justice for him. I don’t want ICE to just say what happened; they need to pay attention to those who are sick. They can’t die simply because of negligence,” she said.
“Family of detainee who died under ICE custody says he was denied medical care” (2026)
March 1, 2026
15. Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced that Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi, a 59-year-old Iranian man who has lived in the U.S. since 1991, died while in the agency’s custody. Najafabadi was incarcerated for nearly a year in a rural Louisiana prison despite suffering from chronic heart disease. He is one of dozens to die in ICE custody since Trump took office, as the administration insists on jailing people facing deportation orders, including refugees and longtime U.S. residents.
ICE said Najafabadi received a second health screening for chronic illness on October 25, 2025 and a third on February 20, 2026, when staff transferred him to a specialty hospital outside of the prison. He died of heart failure nine days later. At least 11 people have died in ICE custody so far in 2026, and at least 32 died in 2025 as Trump’s crackdown ramped up. Ryan Costello, policy director at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), said Najafabadi’s death is “deeply disturbing.”
“It is highly possible, if not likely, that the terrible conditions at ICE facilities played a role in Mr. Najafabadi’s declining conditions and death,” Costello said.
“Iranian Dies in ICE Custody as Trump Administration Bombs Iran” (2026)
March 2, 2026
16. Daphy Michel
Daphy Michel, a 31-year-old Haitian asylum seeker, was found dead of hypothermia at a Pittsburgh bus stop March 2, three days after being released from ICE custody 30 miles from her home.
This week, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office ruled her death a homicide.
“Ms. Michel was a vulnerable adult, suffering from untreated severe mental health issues and a significant language barrier when she was released from federal custody on February 27,” spokesperson Jim Madalinsky said in a statement. “Based on all available information during the investigation, the pathologist ruled Ms. Michel’s death a homicide.”
“She had mental challenges,” Murphy told Pittsburgh’s KDKA-TV on Friday. “She was arrested for at one point screaming at imaginary people, and they knew this. They just dumped her in a bus shelter — language barrier, educational barrier, and psychiatric barrier — and left her to fend for herself. The bus shelter, she never figured out how to leave. She sat there for days, and ultimately froze to death.”
“She Froze After Being Released by ICE. The Medical Examiner Ruled It a Homicide.” (2026)
March 2, 2026
17. Emmanuel Damas
The family of Emmanuel Damas, a Haitian immigrant who died after falling critically ill in ICE detention, says his ordeal began with a minor domestic disturbance that led to his arrest and eventual transfer to federal immigration custody. Relatives say repeated complaints of a tooth infection were ignored while he was detained in Arizona, leading to a severe infection that spread through his body. His death has sparked concern within the Haitian community about how everyday incidents can escalate into immigration enforcement cases during a period of heightened deportation efforts.
March 4, 2026
18. Irvin Cruz-Nape
A man who was recently released from custody at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center has died. Immigrant rights advocates say it’s the second death connected to the facility in two weeks.
The Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice says 44-year-old Irvin Cruz-Nape was arrested by federal agents last September and later detained at Adelanto. Advocates shared Cruz-Nape was released on bond in late February. His civil rights attorney, Madelaine Behr, confirmed that Cruz-Nape was no longer in custody when he died on March 4.
Esmeralda Santos, an organizer with the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, said Cruz-Nape’s family told advocates he experienced chest pains and symptoms consistent with a heart attack while in custody and was denied medical treatment.
“Irvin lived in Montclair for 20 years and has four children here,” Santos said. “His family wants answers to understand exactly what happened while he was detained inside Adelanto.”
“Advocates seek answers after man released from Adelanto ICE facility dies” (2026)
March 14, 2026
19. Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal
Twelve-year-old Imrain Paktiawal’s large brown eyes looked weary as he recalled what he remembered of March 13, the day that would permanently change the course of his life. That morning, he had been in the car with four of his siblings, waiting for his dad to take them to school in the Dallas suburb they’d called home since fleeing Afghanistan, in 2021. His father, worried they would be late, said goodbye to Imrain’s mother and youngest brother and rushed down the stairs of the apartment building toward the car. Before he reached the driver’s seat, several men in plain clothes and tactical gear jumped out of two black, unmarked SUVs and approached Imrain’s father. They asked if he was Nazeer Paktiawal—he was. They took him, not stopping to retrieve the 41-year-old’s inhaler from his wife, who was pleading with them to wait until she could get it. After less than 24 hours in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Dallas, Nazeer was dead.
“He was all good before they took him,” Imrain said as we spoke on the carpeted floor of the suburban Dallas mosque his family attends. His dad was a healthy, working veteran of the war in Afghanistan, abiding by the increasingly austere limits of his immigration status. Imrain’s brow creased as he looked up at me, and he asked a question he’d been posing to reporters, advocates, and neighbors for months: “Why?”
“An Afghan Man Who Aided the U.S. Died in ICE Custody. His Family Is Waiting for Answers.” (2026)
March 16, 2026
20. Royer Perez Jimenez
Hundreds of people gathered Saturday for the burial of a young Mexican man who died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, with family members denouncing the “fabricated” charges that led to his detention and death.
Royer Perez Jimenez, a 19-year-old from the municipality of San Juan Chamula in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, died on March 16 at a detention center in Florida.
After the family received his body on Thursday, his uncle, Manuel Perez, said Royer was a “hard worker” who immigrated at 15 to “triumph and help his family.”
He was arrested in January on suspicion of resisting arrest and giving a false identity to law enforcement, but Perez insists he was confused because he was not fluent in English.
“Family buries 19-year-old Mexican man who died in ICE custody: ‘They fabricated a crime’” (2026)
March 25, 2026
21. Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano
A 52-year-old immigrant detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in California died from COVID-19 after suffering from the illness for days while in custody, according to an autopsy report obtained by Scripps News.
Jose Guadalupe Ramos Solano, originally from Mexico, died while being held at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Southern California. The facility is operated by the GEO Group under a government contract.
The Adelanto facility has reported four detainee deaths since September. A review of the facility by California’s attorney general found insufficient staffing and failures to attend to urgent medical needs. Jesus Arias, who represents the Ramos family as well as two other families of detainees who died at Adelanto, has attributed all of the deaths to a lack of medical care.
“Because of the failures that are occurring in that place, they all died,” Arias said. “How many people are perhaps still there, suffering from conditions or circumstances and are at risk as well of suffering serious medical health consequences or even death?”
April 1, 2026
22. Tuan Van Bui
A Vietnamese immigrant died in government custody last week, according to a notification sent to lawmakers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, marking the latest detainee death during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Tuan Van Bui, a 55-year-old immigrant, died at the Miami Correctional Center in Indiana.
He is the 46th person to die in federal custody during the current Trump administration.
“Death of Vietnamese immigrant in Indiana facility is latest ICE detainee fatality” (2026)
April 11, 2026
23. Alejandro Cabrera Clemente
A Mexican migrant died last week in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, according to an agency notification sent to lawmakers, becoming the 47th person to die in ICE detention during the second Trump administration.
Alejandro Cabrera Clemente, 49, died on April 11 at the Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana.
In the notification, ICE said that Cabrera was found unresponsive and was transported to a local medical center.
“Mexican migrant is 47th person to die in ICE custody during current administration” (2026)
April 12, 2026
24. Aled Carbonell-Betancourt
A 27-year-old Cuban immigrant has died of a presumed suicide, although the official cause of death remains under investigation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said in a notification sent to Congress Friday.
ICE said that on April 12, a detention officer found Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt in his cell “in what appeared to be a suicide attempt.”
This marks the 48th death in ICE custody since Trump began his immigration crackdown upon his return to office in January 2025, a rate that averages out to one death every 10 days.
April 28, 2026
25. Denny Adan Gonzalez
“He wanted to achieve his goal, and he did,” says his brother, who helped raise him with their mother from a very young age. González arrived in the United States in 2019, was deported once in 2020, crossed Latin America again, and entered through the El Paso, Texas, border for a second time in 2022. He stayed in the country without legal status and experienced the hardships of life as an undocumented immigrant until he once again fell into the hands of immigration authorities. He owned a car, paid his rent, and worked right up until the end.
… in a report issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): that on April 28, 2026, at approximately 10:26 p.m., detention staff at the Stewart Detention Center, while conducting routine inspections, found González “hanging by a bedsheet in his cell.”
According to the ICE statement provided to EL PAÍS by immigration authorities, on April 26 a nurse evaluated González to determine whether he should be transferred “to a restrictive housing unit after assaulting a detention officer.” The nurse, authorities said, “documented a normal physical examination and mental health assessment, including no suicidal ideation, as reported by the detainee.”
“When you are in the punishment cell, every five minutes the guard comes and checks you. It’s a tiny room; there’s no way to hang yourself from the ceiling. Where are you going to put the sheet? I think the guards went in and strangled him. But it’s your word against theirs,” Aguilar says.
June 4, 2026
26. Mamuka Artmeladze
A Georgian immigrant who officials said died last week in Immigrant and Customs Enforcement custody is the 50th person to die in ICE detention during the second Trump administration.
Mamuka Artmeladze, 43, died on June 4 at the Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana, according to an agency notification sent to lawmakers.
In the notification, ICE officials said that Artmeladze was found unresponsive and was transported to a local medical center.
“Georgian migrant is 50th person to die in ICE detention during immigration crackdown” (2026)
June 19, 2026
27. Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez
A 63-year-old man died in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Laredo this month, marking at least the fifth death in Texas ICE detention centers this year, a quarter of the nationwide total, as the fatalities have skyrocketed to a record pace not seen in decades.
Dr. Corinne Stern, Webb County’s medical examiner, said in a brief interview that although the autopsy and notification of family is ongoing, Alcorta died from “natural causes.”
“Mexican man dies in ICE custody in Laredo, at least the 20th fatality this year” (2026)
June 24, 2026
28. Adrian Andreas Florian
Adrian Andreas Florian, an 85-year-old man from Germany, died in ICE custody at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas, on June 24, 2026, according to an ICE press release published early yesterday. Florian is the 21st person to die in ICE custody in 2026 and the first German national to die in custody this year. His death came five days after Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez died at Webb County Detention Center. ICE is on track to report 44 detained deaths by the end of the year with the current average standing at one death every 8.3 days.
Florian had been hospitalized since November 4, 2025. ICE transferred him to Valley Baptist Medical Center that day for dementia concerns on top of a history of high blood pressure, cognitive impairment, and ulcers. He remained there under medical supervision until a physician pronounced him dead at 4:30 in the morning. He was in the hospital for nearly eight months. Counting from the day ICE took custody of him at the end of August, an 85-year-old man spent roughly the last ten months of his life in ICE custody, all of it inside a detention center, hospital, or an assisted living center. ICE lists the cause of death as pending an autopsy.
“An 85-Year Old German Man is the 21st Person to Die in ICE Custody in 2026” (2026)
July 7, 2026
29. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s been nearly three weeks since a man was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Canal Street.
The Department of Homeland Security, from the beginning, has said the ICE agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo because he was trying to run over an agent.
Something his family and the other four men in his van that morning have disputed.
On Saturday, community members gathered to hold a procession and vigil for him in Magnolia Park as they seek the truth about what happened.
Salgado’s family said he was an undocumented construction worker who was working to gain his legal status, adding that he had been in the United States for 35 years and had no criminal record.
“When we see Lorenzo, we see our fathers. We see our uncles. We see our brothers. We see our husbands. We see our fellow workers. We see our familia. DHS has said Salgado was never the target of their enforcement. But DHS says an ICE officer shot and killed him after he tried to run over an agent,” said the executive director of the United Latino Ministry Methodist Church, Lydia Munoz.
“Community holds procession and vigil, seeking answers about deadly ICE shooting in Houston” (2026)
July 13, 2026
30. Joan Sebastian Guerrero
The man killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Maine on Monday has been identified as Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, an ICE spokesperson said in a statement.
An immigration agent shot and killed the 26-year-old Colombian man on Monday morning in Biddeford, Maine, after reportedly ramming into his car.
By Tuesday, ICE had reportedly ordered its agents to stop conducting most vehicle stops for now, according to a source at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Many of the case’s circumstances remained unclear.
Immigrant rights activists said Durán Guerrero, who was married and had a young child, had a social security number and was authorized to work in the United States. Asked about his immigration status, DHS, which oversees ICE, issued a statement that referred to Durán Guerrero as “a Colombian national” but did not explicitly address his immigration status.
“ICE identifies Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero as man agents fatally shot in Maine” (2026)
July 13, 2026
31. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva
Ocilla, Georgia — As the nation grapples with the horror of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) murders of Joan Sebastián Guerrero, 26, in Maine and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, in Texas, the agency’s death toll within its custody continues to grow at a record-breaking pace. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, tragically died in ICE custody on July 13 while being transferred from the Irwin Detention Center to the Folkston Detention Center in Georgia.
His sister said, “Jesus Manuel Arenas Silva was a loving son and brother, a caring and hard-working man who came to this country to seek better opportunities. His tragic death has left our family with an immense void and deep sorrow.”
Jesus Manuel was detained by ICE last Thursday. His apprehension by ICE at his house was traumatic for him and his family. Jesus required medications for a medical condition he was dealing with. His sister said, “We implored ICE not to take him due to his medical needs, but they didn’t listen to our pleas. They also ignored our request to at least allow him to take the medication with him, allowing only one medication.” Jesus Manual later confirmed during a phone call to his sister that ICE did not give him the medication he needed. He went without medication during his detention until he tragically died in ICE custody on Monday.
July 14, 2026
31. Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran
MIAMI — A Mexican man who was struck and killed by a tractor trailer in Florida after running from federal immigration officers was vacationing in the U.S. and had a tourist visa, according to a Mexico official and a group assisting his wife.
Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, 28, died July 14 after, authorities said, he darted across a busy road in St. Augustine and into the path of a truck. His death was the third in roughly a week involving encounters with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, following fatal shootings in Texas and Maine.
U.S. authorities have not publicly identified the man, but a Mexico official confirmed his name. Jeffers said Yezzika Alamilla, the man’s wife, told them he had been visiting the U.S. on a tourist visa.
“Mexican man killed after ICE encounter in Florida was on vacation, officials say” (2026)
- It also should be noted that part of this profit is obtained from the detainees themselves, who must purchase goods at commissary to supplement the food they are given, which is often rotten or comes in “childlike portions”. People detained within the concentration camps can participate in a “Voluntary Work Program” in which they make “just $1 per day cleaning dorms and doing work around the facility”. This is not enough to cover the cost of the price gouging at commissary, where “an eight-ounce container of Folgers Crystals coffee” is “almost $20, more than double what it costs at Walmart and Target” (Daylight San Diego, 2026). ↩︎
The Tower is Falling 
Leave a comment