Man detained in Minneapolis dies in ICE custody in Texas
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A Nicaraguan man arrested by ICE in Minneapolis earlier this month died in federal custody in Texas on Wednesday, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
ICE says Victor Manuel Diaz died at the tent facility on Jan. 14. The 36-year-old from Nicaragua had been in custody since Jan. 6 when ICE says agents “encountered” him in Minneapolis and determined he was in the country illegally.
According to ICE, staff at massive detention camp in El Paso found Diaz unconscious and called for emergency medical help. ICE says the death is a presumed suicide, though his death remains under investigation.
There are conflicting reports about another death at the camp that ICE says was suicide. A detainee told the Associated Press that the man was in an altercation with staff when he died.
El Paso public media reports there are growing concerns about conditions at the facility where he died in El Paso.
KTEP: ICE opened the tent facility named Camp East Montana in mid-August to provide extra detention space as the Trump administration works to carry out mass deportations. The federal government awarded the Virginia-based company Acquisitions Logics LLC $1.2 billion to operate the sprawling camp. The ACLU, in a letter, urged the federal government to shut it down.
This is a developing story, and MPR News will update as we have more information.
(Correction: Jan. 19, 2025): A previous version of this story misstated the day the man died. The above story has been updated.
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