Deaths in Custody
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Julio Martinez

52 years old · died January 4, 2009 · Otay Mesa Detention Center, San Diego County, California

Julio Martinez, 52, died on January 4, 2009, while held in immigration custody at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said he died of lymphatic cancer.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE says he died of lymphatic 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.

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