Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Miguel Angel Hernandez

54 years old · died April 28, 2011 · North Georgia Detention Center, Hall County, Georgia

Miguel Angel Hernandez, 54, was held in immigration detention at the North Georgia Detention Center in Gainesville, Georgia, when he died on April 28, 2011. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the cause of his death was a heart attack. He was in the custody of ICE at the facility when he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE said he died of a heart attack.

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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