LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Christian Diaz says his fianc\u00e9e, Karla Godoy, remains detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody while facing worsening health complications from a foot injury and diabetes.<\/p>\n
Diaz said he and Godoy had been planning their future together before she was detained.<\/p>\n
“We were planning to get married. Start our life. To see all that crashing down… it’s a nightmare,” Diaz said.<\/p>\n
Diaz said he is fighting for Godoy’s release and is increasingly concerned about her health. He shared photos showing injuries to the 24-year-old’s leg, which he said have been worsened by diabetes and a fractured foot that has gone untreated for eight months.<\/p>\n
“She doesn’t even get a cast. It’s just unbelievable what I’m seeing, what I have to see her go through,” Diaz said. “If she doesn’t get surgery on her foot, it’s going to get to a point where it’ll have to be amputated.”<\/p>\n
According to Diaz, Godoy is now confined to a wheelchair and unable to walk.<\/p>\n
Godoy is being held at an ICE detention facility in Tacoma, Washington, after being detained during an immigration appointment in Los Angeles in November 2025.<\/p>\n
Originally from El Salvador, Godoy arrived in Los Angeles in August 2024 on a tourist visa and later applied for asylum, citing political persecution.<\/p>\n
“Couple months later we found out she had an Interpol red alert, which is clearly politically motivated,” Diaz said. “Her dad used to be the attorney for [El Salvador President] Nayib Bukele.”<\/p>\n
According to Diaz, Godoy left El Salvador before the country’s president imprisoned her mother and father on fraud allegations after her father discovered discrepancies in a case.<\/p>\n
Diaz said Godoy fears for her safety if she is deported.<\/p>\n
“Her fear is that if she’s deported, that she’ll be tortured, sexually assaulted, possibly even killed,” he said.<\/p>\n
Attorneys are appealing Godoy’s deportation order and seeking her release so she can receive surgery for the fracture before she loses her limb, according to Diaz.<\/p>\n
“If I do get her back, she’s going to be in such an unhealthy state, possibly without her foot… It’s just not right,” he said.<\/p>\n
Diaz said the facility has been treating Karla’s wounds and giving her pain medication but has not done anything for the fracture.<\/p>\n
Eyewitness News reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment and are waiting to hear back.<\/p>\n
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