Cipriano Chavez Alvarez

Cipriano Chavez-Alvarez, 61, a Mexican national, died of COVID-19 while held in immigration detention at the Stewart facility in Stewart County, Georgia, according to Georgia Public Broadcasting. Georgia Public Broadcasting reported him as the third COVID-19 death among people held at the center, which CoreCivic runs. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's death listing gives his date of death as September 21, 2020, and names the facility as Stewart Detention Center.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Atlanta Journal-Constitution (reporters); U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held him).

News reports (2)

• Detainee Death Report: Chavez Alvarez, Cipriano U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Detainee Death Reporting and List of Deaths in ICE Custody
• Third Person Dies of COVID-19 At Georgia Immigration Detention Center Georgia Public Broadcasting, September 22, 2020