Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE
Ronal Francisco Romero
Ronal Francisco Romero, 39, died on May 16, 2018, while held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Port Isabel Detention Center in Los Fresnos, Texas. ICE's official reporting attributes his death to meningitis, with a clinical history of diabetic ketoacidosis and sepsis, and states there was no evidence of trauma. No family or other accounts of him are in the reporting. The agency's account is the only one available, and no one has disputed it in these sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness
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.