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Migrant who died in ICE custody was 'choked to death' (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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The death of an illegal immigrant inside a Texas detention camp is likely going to be ruled a homicide after a medical examiner determined his cause of death was asphyxia.

A fellow inmate claimed he witnessed Campos being choked to death by guards inside the facility, and a new report by The Washington Post states that allegation has now been supported by the medical examiner's findings.

An employee from El Paso County's Office of the Medical Examiner allegedly told Campos's daughter that his death will likely be formally classified as a homicide.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the death of detainee Gerald Lunas Campos on January 3 in a short statement claiming staff 'observed him in distress.'

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[–] fermionsnotbosons@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

This poor man and his family. They just straight up murdered him.

USian liberals clinging to the hope that the 'rule of law' will prevail need to wake the fuck up. Just because it protected your (likely lily-white) ass in the past, that time is over. They're coming for EVERYONE that opposes this shit, not just indigenous, black, and brown folk. We were never protected by the system in the first place, so this is unfortunately nothing new to us.