Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE
Heriberto Verdecia-Carrillo
Heriberto Verdecia-Carrillo, 40, died on October 7, 2003, while held in immigration custody at Atwater US Penitentiary in Atwater, California. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lists the cause of death as an acute thrombotic occlusion of the left descending coronary artery, a blockage that stopped blood flow to the heart. No other account of his death is available in the source material.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE attributed the death to an acute coronary artery blockage, and no source in the record reports a dispute over the cause.
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.