Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Rene Castro-Jimenez

66 years old · died August 15, 2006 · Devens Federal Medical Center, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Rene Castro-Jimenez, 66, died on August 15, 2006, while held in immigration custody at Devens Federal Medical Center in Ayer, Massachusetts. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lists his cause of death as coronary artery atherosclerosis, according to the agency's own detainee death reporting.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE listed the cause as coronary artery atherosclerosis, with no reported dispute or neglect allegation.

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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