Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE
Carlos Mendez-Bacca
Carlos Mendez-Bacca, 29, died on March 19, 2004, while held in immigration detention at the Guadalupe City Jail in San Antonio, Texas. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which held him, listed AIDS as the cause of death. The agency's listing is the only cause reported, and no other account of his death has been published.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE said the death was from AIDS, and no source in the record disputes that cause.
Reported by: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.