Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Manuel Perez-Ayala

54 years old · died March 14, 2004 · Rochester Federal Medical Center, Canon City, Colorado

Manuel Perez-Ayala, 54, died on March 14, 2004, while held in immigration custody at the Rochester Federal Medical Center in Canon City, Colorado. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lists the cause of death as sudden cardiac death. The agency's record is the only account of the death available, and it gives no further details about the circumstances.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE's claimed cause of death is sudden cardiac death.

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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