Thongchay Saengsiri
Thongchay Saengsiri, 65, died on March 17, 2016, while held in immigration detention at the Jena/LaSalle Detention Facility in Jena, Louisiana. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lists his cause of death as hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with emphysema (COPD) and obesity as contributing conditions. The agency's death report is the only account of how he died, and no family members or advocates have been quoted about him in these sources. The stated cause has not been independently examined.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE attributes the death to hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, emphysema and obesity.
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.