{"id":175577,"date":"2026-02-22T17:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/175577\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T17:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:09:08","slug":"ice-releases-new-details-of-migrant-death-in-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/175577\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE releases new details of migrant death in El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has revealed new details regarding the homicide death of a detainee in El Paso\u2019s Camp East Montana on Jan. 3.<\/p>\n

The recently released ICE detainee death report<\/a> states that Cuban migrant Geraldo Lunas Campos \u201cattempted self-harm, prompting a rapid response from custody and medical staff.\u201d The agency said staff failed to deescalate the situation and used \u201cspontaneous use of force to prevent Mr. Lunas Campos from harming himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 55-year-old then \u201cbecame unresponsive,\u201d ICE said, and died despite CPR efforts and naloxone administration.<\/p>\n

The report also states that Campos, who is described as \u201ca convicted sex offender with an extended criminal history of violence and a threat to public safety,\u201d had multiple self-harm incidents and psychological distress episodes during his time in detainment. Staff placed him on suicide watch several times, and an intake medical assessment found he had a history of suicide attempts.<\/p>\n

The assessment also found he had asthma, insomnia, anxiety, depression, prior tuberculosis treatment and long-term use of psychotropic medication. ICE said in the report that staff provided \u201cregular medical and psychiatric evaluations\u201d that included medication adjustments and blood pressure monitoring.<\/p>\n

In January, ICE originally said Campos died after \u201cstaff observed him in distress and contacted on-site medical personnel for assistance,\u201d according to the Associated Press<\/a>. The agency did not mention a struggle with guards, but an autopsy report detailed neck hemorrhages and \u201csigns of a struggle, including abrasions on his chest and knees.”<\/p>\n

That autopsy ruled the death a homicide due to asphyxia. The Associated Press said guards held Campos down because he was attempting suicide, and Campos then stopped breathing.<\/p>\n

The first mention of suicide and a struggle came from Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin after the homicide ruling.<\/p>\n

\u201cCampos violently resisted the security staff and continued to attempt to take his life,\u201d she said. \u201cDuring the ensuing struggle, Campos stopped breathing and lost consciousness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has revealed new details regarding the homicide death of a detainee in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,30432,1724,223,1225,8075,27],"class_list":["post-175577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-hannah-maguire","tag-immigration","tag-news","tag-public-safety","tag-rotx-what-you-need-to-know","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}