Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Felipe Garcia-Sanchez

21 years old · died February 13, 2006 · Federal Detention Center, Oakdale, Allen Parish, Louisiana

Felipe Garcia-Sanchez, 21, died on February 13, 2006, while held in immigration detention at the Federal Detention Center in Oakdale, Louisiana. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lists the cause of death as asphyxia. The agency's own listing is the only account of how he died, and it gives no further detail.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

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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