Onoval Perez-Montufa
Onoval Perez-Montufa, 51, a Mexican man, was held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at the Glades County Detention Center in Moore Haven, Florida. According to BuzzFeed News, he was taken to a hospital in Palm Beach County on July 1, 2020, after reporting shortness of breath, and tested positive for COVID-19 on July 2. He died on July 12, 2020. ICE said at first that the cause of death was not immediately known, and later ICE records listed COVID-19 pneumonia as the cause and a natural death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE said the cause of death was COVID-19 pneumonia, and a news report attributed the death to COVID-19.
Reported by: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held him); reporters.