Santos Banegas Reyes
Santos Reyes-Banegas, a 42-year-old man from Honduras and the father of two children, died on September 18, 2025, while held by ICE at the Nassau County Correctional Center in East Meadow, New York. Police were called to the jail around 6:30 a.m. and found him not breathing, and a police medic pronounced him dead. ICE has said the preliminary cause appears to be liver failure complicated by alcoholism, but the cause of death remains under investigation. The New York Attorney General is investigating, and his family says they are still waiting for answers and were not told anything by the jail or immigration authorities.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (neglect alleged). ICE says the preliminary cause appears to be liver failure complicated by alcoholism, but the cause remains under investigation; a federal report found that staff provided inadequate medical care.
Reported by: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held him); federal report.
News reports (7)
- Detainee Death Report: Reyes, Banegas
- New York Attorney General, Office of Special Investigation data tables
- Man found not breathing in Nassau County jail cell, pronounced dead
- ICE detainee dies in Nassau jail, officials confirm
- ICE Confirms Inmate Who Died At LI Correctional Facility Was A Detainee Who Entered U.S. Illegally 4X
- Nassau's jail needs basic level of oversight
- ICE report: Detainee who died at Nassau jail didn't get adequate medical care