Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Rene Cruz Garcia

53 years old · died June 11, 2005 · Butner Federal Correctional Institution, Granville County, North Carolina

Rene Cruz Garcia, 53, died on June 11, 2005, while held in immigration detention at Butner Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lists non-small cell lung cancer as the cause of death. The agency's record is the only account that names the cause.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE attributed his death to non-small cell lung cancer.

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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