Name not reported
A 45-year-old Mexican man was apprehended near a port of entry in Roma, Texas, in early February 2019. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said he had cirrhosis of the liver and congestive heart failure. He asked for medical help twice in the two days after agents detained him, and he was taken to a hospital in McAllen, where he died on February 18, 2019. Authorities did not publicly name him.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). U.S. Customs and Border Protection says he died of cirrhosis of the liver and congestive heart failure, and the account reports that he asked for medical help twice in the two days after agents detained him.
Reported by: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.