Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
Heber Sánchez Domínguez, 34, a husband and father of two children according to a GoFundMe set up for his family, died on January 14, 2026, while held by ICE at the Robert A. Deyton Detention Facility in Lovejoy, Georgia, where he was awaiting an immigration hearing. ICE said medical staff found him hanging by the neck and unresponsive in his sleeping quarters early that morning, and said he showed no signs of distress when first taken into detention. The Mexican Consulate has asked ICE for further investigation. Other reports on his death give no further account of the circumstances, so the questions his family and the consulate raise remain open.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (disputed). ICE says medical staff found him hanging by the neck and unresponsive in his sleeping quarters, and the Mexican Consulate has asked ICE for further investigation.
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.