Overview

• The Department of Homeland Security and ICE report no record of Leon’s green card appointment, arrest or removal on June 20
• Guatemala’s migration institute says it has no record of deporting any man matching Leon’s name, age or citizenship
• A Chilean journalist produced a death certificate for a Luis Leon who died in Santiago in 2019, casting doubt on the family’s narrative
• The Morning Call’s original account that Leon was held in Philadelphia, transferred to Minnesota and hospitalized in Guatemala for pneumonia remains unverified
• Leon’s relatives have stopped speaking to media, deepening uncertainty over his whereabouts and the truth of the case