Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Welmer Alberto Garcia-Huezo

24 years old · died August 3, 2014 · Rio Grande Detention Center, Webb County, Texas

Welmer Alberto Garcia-Huezo, 24, died on August 3, 2014, while held in immigration detention at the Rio Grande Detention Center in Laredo, Texas. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lists the cause of death as natural causes.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE says the death was from natural causes.

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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