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Deaths in ICE custody

ICE reported 38 deaths in fiscal year 2026 (Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026) and 4 so far in fiscal year 2027. The previous high was 28, in 2004 (per NPR, Apr 2026). Names are shown as ICE published them.

DateNameAgeCountryWhereSource
Oct 29, 2026Fran Gregory Portillo-Zapata53VenezuelaKarnes County Immigration Processing Center
In the hospital since Sep 30, 2026, according to ICE.
ICE release
Oct 24, 2026Roberto Jimenez Gutierrez43GuatemalaOtay Mesa Detention CenterICE release
Oct 23, 2026Luis Sandoval48El SalvadorFolkston D Ray ICE Processing CenterICE release
Oct 17, 2026Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias56MexicoRio Grande Processing CenterICE release
Sep 29, 2026Julian Curo-Churata47PeruRichwood Correctional CenterICE release
Sep 18, 2026Carlos Josue Marchena-Marchena36Costa RicaWinn Correctional CenterICE release
Aug 23, 2026Lianyong Wei51ChinaCNMI Department of CorrectionsICE report
Aug 1, 2026Edwin Lopez Cornejo41El SalvadorDelaney Hall Detention FacilityICE report
Jul 24, 2026Not yet published29Mexico(not stated by ICE) - hospital in Augusta
Not confirmed by ICE. Reported by Enlace Latino NC.
unconfirmed
Jul 13, 2026Jesus Manuel Arenas Silva45VenezuelaIrwin County Detention Center
Died during transfer
ICE report
Jun 24, 2026Adrian Florian85GermanyPort Isabel Service Processing Center
Died at Valley Baptist hospital, Harlingen
ICE report
Jun 19, 2026Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez63MexicoCorecivic Webb County Detention CenterICE report
Jun 4, 2026Mamuka Artmeladze43Georgia (country)Winn Correctional CenterICE report
Apr 28, 2026Denny Adan Gonzalez33CubaStewart Detention CenterICE report
Apr 12, 2026Aled Carbonell Betancourt27CubaFederal Detention Center MiamiICE report
Apr 11, 2026Alejandro Cabrera Clemente49MexicoWinn Correctional CenterICE report
Apr 1, 2026Tuan Van Bui55VietnamMiami Correctional Facility (MCF)ICE report
Mar 25, 2026Jose Guadalupe Ramos Solano52MexicoAdelanto ICE Processing Center
Died at Victor Valley Global Medical Center
ICE report
Mar 16, 2026Royer Perez Jimenez19MexicoGlades County Detention CenterICE report
Mar 14, 2026Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal41AfghanistanICE Dallas Field Office hold room (then Parkland Hospital)
Held at an ICE field office hold room.
ICE report
Mar 2, 2026Emmanuel Damas56HaitiCentral Arizona Florence Correctional Center
Died at a Scottsdale hospital
ICE report
Mar 1, 2026Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi59IranLouisiana ICE Processing Center
Died in hospital
ICE report
Feb 27, 2026Alberto Gutierrez Reyes48MexicoAdelanto ICE Processing CenterICE report
Feb 16, 2026Jairo Garcia Hernandez27GuatemalaKrome North Service Processing Center
Moved between several facilities and hospitals; the facility shown is the last one ICE named.
ICE report
Feb 16, 2026Lorth Sim59CambodiaMiami Correctional Facility (MCF)ICE report
Jan 14, 2026Victor Manuel Diaz36NicaraguaCamp East MontanaICE report
Jan 14, 2026Heber Sanchez Dominguez34MexicoRobert A Deyton Detention FacilityICE report
Jan 9, 2026Parady La46CambodiaFederal Detention Center Philadelphia
Died at Thomas Jefferson hospital
ICE report
Jan 6, 2026Luis Yanez Cruz68HondurasImperial Regional Detention Facility
Died in hospital
ICE report
Jan 5, 2026Luis Nunez Caceres42HondurasJoe Corley Processing Center
Died in hospital
ICE report
Jan 3, 2026Geraldo Lunas Campos55CubaCamp East MontanaICE report
Dec 15, 2025Nenko Stanev Gantchev56BulgariaNorth Lake Processing CenterICE report
Dec 14, 2025Delvin Francisco Rodriguez39NicaraguaAdams County Correctional Center
Died at Merit Health Natchez
ICE report
Dec 14, 2025Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir46EritreaMoshannon Valley Processing CenterICE report
Dec 12, 2025Jean Wilson Brutus41HaitiDelaney Hall Detention FacilityICE report
Dec 6, 2025Shiraz Fateh Ali Sachiwani48PakistanPrairieland Detention Facility
Died in hospital
ICE report
Dec 5, 2025Pete Sumalo Montejo72PhilippinesMontgomery Processing CenterICE report
Dec 3, 2025Francisco Gaspar-Andres48GuatemalaCamp East Montana
Died at The Hospitals of Providence East Campus
ICE report
Oct 25, 2025Kai Yin Wong63ChinaSouth Texas ICE Processing CenterICE report
Oct 23, 2025Gabriel Garcia-Aviles54MexicoAdelanto ICE Processing CenterICE report
Oct 23, 2025Jose Castro Rivera24Honduras(none - died during an arrest; vehicle stop near Norfolk)
Not in a detention facility: struck by a vehicle during an ICE arrest, according to ICE.
ICE report
Oct 11, 2025Hasan Ali Moh'd Saleh67JordanKrome North Service Processing Center
Died at Larkin Community Hospital
ICE report
Oct 4, 2025Leo Cruz-Silva34MexicoSte. Genevieve County Detention CenterICE report

Sources: ICE detainee death reports (ice.gov/detain/detainee-death-reporting) and ICE news releases for deaths whose report is not yet posted. One FY2026 death (Jul 24, 2026, Augusta, GA) is reported only by news sources and is marked unconfirmed. One person died during an arrest rather than in a facility; ICE included him in its list.

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