Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Jose de Jesus Deniz-Sahagun

31 years old · died May 20, 2015 · Eloy Federal Contract Facility, Pinal County, Arizona

Jose de Jesus Deniz-Sahagun, 31, died on May 20, 2015, while held in immigration custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Eloy Federal Contract Facility in Eloy, Arizona. ICE's published death report lists the cause as suicide by asphyxia, a claim made by the agency that held him.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

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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