Overview
- Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, died on Jan. 3 at the Camp East Montana detention site at Fort Bliss, according to ICE.
- In a recorded call shared with reporters, a medical examiner’s office employee told Campos’s daughter the likely ruling is homicide pending toxicology results.
- The employee described a preliminary cause of asphyxia due to neck and chest compression, indicating oxygen was cut off by pressure.
- A fellow detainee, Santos Jesus Flores, said he saw several guards choking Campos while hearing him say, “I can’t breathe.”
- DHS says Campos attempted to take his own life and stopped breathing during a struggle, as family members report FBI contact about the case and scrutiny grows over the tent facility’s past violations and recent in-custody deaths.