Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Cesar Gonzalez-Baez

35 years old · died December 5, 2007 · Mira Loma Detention Center, Los Angeles County, California

Cesar Gonzalez-Baez, 35, died on December 5, 2007, while held in immigration detention at Mira Loma Detention Center in Los Angeles, California. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lists electrocution as the cause of death. The agency's listing is the only account of the death in the records available, and it does not describe how the electrocution happened.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says he died of electrocution.

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.

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