Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Hadayatullah Saylab

58 years old · died November 24, 2008 · Otero County Processing Center, El Paso County, Texas

Hadayatullah Saylab, 58, died on November 24, 2008, while held in immigration detention at the Otero County Processing Center in El Paso, Texas. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lists lung cancer as the cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE said he died of lung cancer.

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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