Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Yusif Osman

34 years old · died June 27, 2006 · Otay Mesa Detention Center, San Diego County, California

Yusif Osman, 34, died on June 27, 2006, while held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California. ICE lists the cause of death as coronary artery vasculitis, a inflammation of the coronary arteries. The agency's report gives no further account of his life or of the events leading to his death, and no dispute over the cause has been recorded.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE attributes the death to coronary artery vasculitis, a heart condition.

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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