Abel Reyes-Clemente
Abel Reyes-Clemente, 54, an immigrant from Mexico, died in April 2019 while held in immigration detention in Arizona. He had spent several feverish days in solitary confinement before he died. ICE first attributed his death to complications from the flu. The Pinal County medical examiner later found that he died of complications from cirrhosis, diabetes and heart disease, and that he had also tested positive for bacterial pneumonia.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Pinal County medical examiner ruled that Abel Reyes-Clemente died of complications from cirrhosis, diabetes and heart disease, while ICE first attributed the death to complications from the flu.
Reported by: Pinal County Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner); ICE (the agency that held him).