Deaths in Custody
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Augustina Ramirez-Arreola

62 years old · died July 25, 2018 · Otay Mesa Detention Center, San Diego County, California

Augustina Ramirez-Arreola, 62, died on July 25, 2018, while held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California. ICE's official reporting gives the cause of death as rheumatic heart disease, with coronary artery disease, pneumonia, and tuberculosis listed as contributing conditions.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE reported her cause of death as rheumatic heart disease with coronary artery disease, pneumonia and tuberculosis as contributing conditions.

Reported by: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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