The family of a Nicaraguan man who died at a federal immigration facility in Texas after being detained in Coon Rapids earlier this month say they doubt ICE’s initial conclusion that he committed suicide.
ICE said that 36-year-old Victor Manuel Díaz died Jan. 14 at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas. It attributed his death to suicide, but said the official cause remains under investigation.
“Contract security staff found Díaz unconscious and unresponsive in his room,” ICE said in a statement on its website. “They immediately notified contract medical staff on site to conduct life saving measures.” Díaz is the fifth person to have died in ICE custody just this year.
Díaz is survived by two sons, ages 10 and 15, his mother and five siblings in Nicaragua…