Jose Lopez-Gregario
Jose Lopez-Gregorio, 32, died on September 29, 2006, while held in immigration custody at the Eloy Federal Contract Facility in Eloy, Arizona. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lists the cause of death as asphyxia. A later report by the Pinal County medical examiner, obtained by The Arizona Republic, gives the cause as hanging and the manner as suicide. The same reporting says he had been placed on constant suicide watch, which was reduced to 15-minute checks after a staff psychologist interviewed him, and that a sick-call request he made went unanswered for seven days.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The Pinal County medical examiner's autopsy report, obtained by The Arizona Republic, lists hanging; public records show a sick-call request he made went unanswered for seven days, and his constant suicide watch was reduced to 15-minute checks after a staff psychologist interviewed him.
Reported by: Pinal County medical examiner (medical examiner or coroner); U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held him); The Arizona Republic (reporters).