Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Felipe Montes

57 years old · died January 30, 2021 · Stewart Detention Center, Stewart County, Georgia

Felipe Montes, 57, died on January 30, 2021, while held in immigration custody at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said he died of cardiopulmonary arrest caused by complications of COVID-19.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE says he died of cardiopulmonary arrest from complications of COVID-19.

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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