Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Mauro Rivera-Romero

43 years old · died October 5, 2011 · El Paso Service Processing Center, El Paso County, Texas

Mauro Rivera-Romero, 43, was held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at the El Paso Service Processing Center in El Paso, Texas, when he died on October 5, 2011. ICE's official reporting lists HIV complications as the presumed cause of death. The agency's records give no further account of the circumstances, and no family statements or other sources about him are available in the material reviewed.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE listed HIV complications as the presumed cause of 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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