Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Leslis Rodriguez

50 years old · died July 31, 2013 · Port Isabel Detention Center, Cameron County, Texas

Leslis Rodriguez, 50, died on July 31, 2013, while held in immigration detention at the Port Isabel Detention Center in Harlingen, Texas, which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operated. ICE listed the cause of death as natural causes, according to its own reporting.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE described the death as from natural causes.

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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