This page summarizes documents regarding local deaths in ICE detention. Deaths are known to have occurred at the Otero County Processing Center (OCPC), the El Paso Service Processing Center, and the Cibola County Correctional Center (CCCC).
Otero County Processing Center
These documents conspicuously leave out Johana Media Leon who was killed by MTC’s medical negligence. Since ICE released Johana to the hospital where she died, ICE doesn’t count her as a death in detention. She was sick for weeks, OCPC medical staff ignored her pleading and those she was detained with.
ICE. “Detainee Death Report: Mavinga, Samuelino Pitchout.” Detainee Death Report. Washington D. C.: Immigration and Customs Enforcement, February 4, 2020. https://www.ice.gov/doclib/foia/reports/ddr-MAVINGA.pdf.
ICE. “ICE Detainee Passes Away in Albuquerque Hospital.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE Newsroom, January 1, 2020. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-detainee-passes-away-albuquerque-hospital.
ICE. “Detainee Death Review: Rafael Barcenas Padilla JICMS #201605426.” Detainee Death Review. Washington D. C.: Immigration and Customs Enforcement, December 2017. https://www.ice.gov/doclib/foia/reports/ddr-Barcenas.pdf.
ICE. “ICE Detainee Passes Away at Texas Hospital.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE Newsroom, April 28, 2016. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-detainee-passes-away-texas-hospital-1.
El Paso Service Processing Center
ICE OPR. “Report of Investigation, Rivera-Romero, Mauro.” Report of Investigation. Washington D.C.: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Professional Responsibility, September 2013. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2695515-Rivera-Romero-Mauro.html.
ICE. “ICE Detainee Passes Away at Texas Hospital.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE Newsroom, January 6, 2011. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-detainee-passes-away-texas-hospital.
Cibola County Correctional Center
ICE. “Detainee Death Report: Hernandez, Jeffry (Aka Hernandez, Roxana).” Detainee Death Report. Washington D. C.: Immigration and Customs Enforcement, December 19, 2018. https://www.ice.gov/doclib/foia/reports/ddrHernandezJeffryAkaHernandezRoxana.pdf.
ICE. “ICE Detainee from Honduras Passes Away in New Mexico Hospital.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE Newsroom, May 25, 2018. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-detainee-honduras-passes-away-new-mexico-hospital.