"New evidence calls into question the official narratives about the recent deaths of two men held at Camp East Montana, a sprawling tent city at the Fort Bliss Army base in West Texas. Geraldo Lunas Campos and Victor Manuel Diaz are among the 38 documented people who have died while in custody at jails and prison run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its contractors since President Donald Trump took office."
"On December 8, before the two men died, a coalition of civil and human rights groups sent a letter to acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and other top Trump administration officials warning about "alarming" conditions at Camp East Montana. The facility had just reported the death of an immigrant, Francisco Gaspar-Andrés, the first person to die at the camp since its opening less than four months earlier. The groups said additional deaths were imminent if the camp continued to operate."
Immigrant rights advocates and elected Democrats are urging the Department of Homeland Security to close Camp East Montana, an immigrant jail on Fort Bliss near El Paso, Texas. Multiple detainees have died at the facility and at ICE-run jails and prisons, with 38 documented deaths since President Trump took office. A December 8 coalition letter warned of alarming conditions including inedible food, medical neglect, solitary confinement, physical coercion, and abusive sexual contact by private contractor staff. Detainees reported being driven to the border and ordered to jump into Mexico as a form of forced self-deportation, with reports of beatings after refusals. ICE has said the deaths remain under investigation.
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