Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE
Walter Rodriguez Castro
Walter Rodriguez Castro, 28, died on April 23, 2006, while held in immigration detention at the Kern County Jail (Lerdo) in Bakersfield, California. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lists the cause of death as cryptococcal meningitis, a fungal infection of the brain and spinal cord. The agency's account is the only one available, and it gives no details about his life or about how his illness developed before he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE attributed the death to cryptococcal meningitis.
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.