Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Jose Antonio Hernandez-Gomez

66 years old · died November 5, 2010 · Broadview Service Staging, Cook County, Illinois

Jose Antonio Hernandez-Gomez, 66, died on November 5, 2010, while held in immigration detention at Broadview Service Staging in Maywood, Illinois. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement listed liver failure as the cause of death. The agency's listing is the only account of how he died, and no other sources describe his life or the circumstances of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE attributed the death to liver failure.

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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