Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Santiago Sierra-Sanchez

38 years old · died July 12, 2014 · Utah County Jail, Utah County, Utah

Santiago Sierra-Sanchez, 38, died on July 12, 2014, while held in immigration custody at the Utah County Jail in Provo, Utah. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lists the cause of death as a Staphylococcus aureus infection. That account is the agency's own.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said he died of a Staphylococcus aureus infection.

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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