Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Simon Reyes-Altimirano

25 years old · died October 12, 2004 · El Paso Service Processing Center, El Paso County, Texas

Simon Reyes-Altimirano, 25, died on October 12, 2004, while held in immigration detention at the El Paso Service Processing Center in El Paso, Texas. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lists the cause of death as a brain tumor. The agency's report gives no further account of his illness or of his care during custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE attributed the death to a brain tumor.

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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