A 36-year-old man arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis died Wednesday while in federal custody in Texas, according to the agency.
Security personnel found Victor Manuel Diaz unconscious and unresponsive in his room at Camp East Montana in El Paso, according to ICE.
El Paso Emergency Medical Services were notified at 3:35 p.m. local time and life-saving measures were being attempted at the scene 10 minutes later, the federal agency said. Diaz died at 4:09 p.m
“He died as a result of a suspected suicide,” ICE said in a statement. “However, the official cause of his death remains under investigation.”
Diaz was arrested by federal officers on January 6. According to federal officials, he was a Nicaraguan citizen who entered the United States illegally from Mexico on March 26, 2024. It was discovered later that day by US Customs and Border Patrol agents.
“After processing, he was given a notice to appear before an immigration judge and released on parole pending a court date,” the federal agency said.
According to federal officials, an immigration judge ordered Diaz removed from the country last August.
The federal agency says it provides “full medical attention” to people detained in its detention facilities, including “medical, dental and mental health screenings” within the first 12 hours of arrival.
The Department of Homeland Security on Friday as well The death of a Mexican national in a detention center in Georgia has been confirmed. Heber Sanchez Domínguez, 34, had been in ICE custody for six days and was awaiting trial when he was found “hanging by his neck and unresponsive in his sleep,” according to DHS.
Herber was taken to a local hospital, where he later died. Federal officials said they are investigating the cause of his death.
according to DHS datalast year at least 15 people died while in ICE custody.
As of Thursday, it was ICE It includes around 73,000 people Facing deportation in its U.S. custody, the highest level the agency has recorded and an 84 percent increase over the same period in 2025, when the detained population was under 40,000, according to internal Homeland Security Department data obtained by CBS News.
The Trump administration has said it is working to detain more than 100,000. immigration detainees at any time as part of a government-wide effort to carry out a deportation crackdown of unprecedented proportions.