Jose Guillen-Vega
Jose Freddy Guillen Vega, a 70-year-old man from Costa Rica, was held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, while awaiting deportation. He had been hospitalized at Piedmont Columbus Regional Hospital since August 1 with COVID-19, and he died there in Columbus, Georgia, on August 10, 2020. ICE gave the preliminary cause of death as cardiopulmonary arrest secondary to complications of coronavirus disease. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported his death on August 12, 2020.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE gave the preliminary cause of death as cardiopulmonary arrest secondary to complications of coronavirus disease.
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.