Overview
- Detainees submitted sworn declarations saying they heard Geraldo Lunas Campos plead for asthma medication and say he could not breathe before what sounded like guards slamming him to the ground.
- An El Paso County deputy medical examiner ruled Campos’ Jan. 3 death a homicide caused by asphyxia due to neck and torso compression.
- A federal judge granted an emergency petition to temporarily block deportation of alleged witnesses so their testimony can be preserved.
- DHS has not commented on the new declarations and previously said Campos experienced medical distress after becoming disruptive in a medication line and was placed in segregation.
- In a separate recent death at the same facility, ICE reported 36-year-old Victor Manuel Diaz died by presumed suicide, and his family’s attorney is seeking an investigation as his autopsy is being conducted by Army and Armed Forces examiners at William Beaumont Army Medical Center.