Luis Núñez Cáceres
Luis Núñez Cáceres, 42, died on January 5, 2026, while held at the Joe Corley Processing Center in Conroe, Texas, an immigration detention facility. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said he died after being admitted to a Houston-area hospital for chronic heart-related health issues. Detention Watch Network reported his death, and a Department of Homeland Security Mortality Review Committee report, as described by Hoodline, found that medical staff delayed diagnosis and care in the weeks before he died, including a health assessment finished ten days late and missed signs of heart failure and a medication overdose. The Montgomery County medical examiner's office later attributed his death to an acute right coronary artery dissection linked to heart disease and high blood pressure, and DHS did not specifically respond to the review's findings when asked.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). The Montgomery County medical examiner attributed his death to an acute right coronary artery dissection linked to heart disease and high blood pressure, and a DHS Mortality Review Committee report found that medical staff delayed diagnosis and care, finished a health assessment ten days late, and missed signs of heart failure and a medication overdose.
Reported by: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held him); Montgomery County medical examiner's office (medical examiner or coroner); Department of Homeland Security Mortality Review Committee (the agency that held him).