Jesus Molina-Veya
Jesus Molina-Veya, 45, died on June 7, 2025, while held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Stewart Detention Center in Stewart County, Georgia. ICE's report describes the death as a suicide, and the Stewart County coroner ruled it a suicide by hanging. The Current reported that guards raised the alarm about 90 minutes before he was pronounced dead at a hospital in Americus. Senators Ossoff and Warnock have asked DHS and ICE for more information about the death, and they cite it as the third suicide at Stewart since 2006.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. ICE's Detainee Death Report and the Stewart County coroner both describe the death as a suicide by hanging, with staff finding him with a cloth around his neck and performing CPR before he was taken to a hospital.
Reported by: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held him); The Stewart County coroner (medical examiner or coroner).