Name not reported
A 70-year-old Costa Rican man died on August 10, 2020, at a hospital in Georgia, after being held at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin in immigration custody. BuzzFeed News reported that he had tested positive for COVID-19. ICE confirmed the death but gave no other details about its cause or circumstances. The report noted that he was the 18th person to die in ICE custody in fiscal year 2020.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. ICE confirmed the death of the 70-year-old Costa Rican man who had tested positive for COVID-19 but released no other details about how he died.
Reported by: ICE (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
Custody: In immigration detention.