Deaths in Custody
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Brendy Yohana Bamaca-Zacarias

24 years old · died September 7, 2024 · El Valle Detention Facility, Willacy County, Texas

Brendy Yohana Bamaca-Zacarias, 24, died on September 7, 2024, while held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at El Valle Detention Facility in Raymondville, Texas. ICE reported the death in its published list of deaths in its custody. The agency has not stated a cause or manner of death in the reporting available, and no family statements or independent accounts of the circumstances were found.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

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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