Autopsy rules death of arrested migrant from Rochester a homicide

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The death of a Cuban migrant from Rochester within an ICE facility in Texas has been ruled a homicide.

55-year-old Geraldo Lunas Campos was arrested in Rochester during a planned enforcement operation last July. He died on January 3. The Department of Homeland Security said he experienced medical distress.

However, new autopsy findings ruled Lunas Campos’s death by asphyxia caused by neck and torso compression. A witness told the Associated Press that he died while handcuffed, was tackled by guards, and placed in a chokehold…

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