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The Latest Breaking News from Camp East Montana

ICE replacing operator of El Paso detention camp, report says

The Washington Post reported that a document was distributed to ICE staff indicating the agency was drafting a letter to potentially terminate the facility’s $1.2 billion contract.

The Texas Tribune

14 measles cases reported at El Paso ICE tent camp as Democrats call for its shuttering

The latest outbreak comes after a spate of COVID-19 and tuberculosis cases were reported at Camp East Montana, which holds more than 3,000 immigrants.

The Texas Tribune

Two cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facility

Officials said 18 cases of COVID-19 were also identified at the 5,000-bed tent Fort Bliss Army facility, where a Democratic congresswoman said many “chronic issues” persist.

The Texas Tribune

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911 call sheds new light on death of Cuban migrant in Texas facility

A 911 call sheds light on the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos, an ICE detainee

The Independent UK

Migrant’s death in custody ruled a homicide with witness describing violent behavior from ICE agent

His death was one of at least three reported in little more than a month at Camp East Montana, a sprawling tent facility in the desert

The Independent UK

Autopsy Supports Claim That Migrant Who Died In Detention Camp Was Choked

The autopsy found that Lunas Campos died from asphyxia caused by neck and torso compression, and his manner of death was ruled a homicide. He died Jan. 3 after what ICE initially described as a "medical distress" while in custody.

Latin Times

Immigrant’s death in ICE custody ruled homicide by El Paso medical examiner

Immigration officials initially said the 55-year-old Cuban detainee died of “medical distress” but later changed the cause to suicide. The medical examiner ruled he was suffocated while being restrained.

The Texas Tribune

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Advocates In Texas And New Mexico Demand Closure Of Detention Center After Three Deaths In a Month And a Half

Advocacy groups are demanding the closure of Camp East Montana, in Texas, after three deaths were reported there in a month and a half.

Latin Times

Second man dies at Texas ICE detention facility in two weeks

Victor Manuel Diaz was found unresponsive at Camp East Montana in what ICE officials call ‘presumed suicide’

The Guardian - US

Medical examiner set to rule ICE detention death a homicide - despite DHS initial claims: report

Geraldo Lunas Campos, a 55-year-old Cuban immigrant, died at the makeshift Texas detention facility Camp East Montana

The Independent UK

Woman deported before she could see dying husband in ICE custody: ‘I never saw him again’

Francisco Gaspar-Andrés died in El Paso hospital after being detained at Fort Bliss – his wife was deported to Guatemala without a chance to see him

The Guardian - US

Migrants held at Fort Bliss suffering physical abuse, unsafe conditions, human rights groups claim

The ACLU and other groups interviewed more than 45 migrants held at the detention center and call it a “human and civil rights catastrophe.”

The Texas Tribune

‘Shameful’: Democrats join call for closure of Texas immigration jail

Camp at Fort Bliss base on US-Mexico border described as ‘dangerous misuse of military land and resources’

The Guardian - US

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