Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE
Jose Nelson Reyes-Zalaya
Jose Nelson Reyes-Zalaya was 28 when he died on July 17, 2010, while held in immigration detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Orleans Parish Sheriff's facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. ICE listed the cause of death as cancer. The available account gives no further details of how he died and no information about his family or his life.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE said he died of cancer.
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.