According to the agency, Victor Manuel Diaz was a citizen of Nicaragua who illegally entered the United States through Mexico on March 26, 2024; cause of death is being investigated
A 36-year-old man died in the custody of the United States Immigration Service (), last Wednesday (14). According to the agency itself, Victor Manuel Diaz was found unconscious inside his cell at a detention center in El Paso, Texas. The information comes from North American broadcaster CBS News.
He was arrested in Minnesota, Minneapolis on January 6th. The man was a citizen of Nicaragua who illegally entered the United States through Mexico on March 26, 2024. The cause of death is being investigated, but the agency indicates suicide.
The US Department of Homeland Security also confirmed last Friday (16) that a Mexican citizen died in a detention center in Georgia. Heber Sanchez Dominguez, 34, was jailed for six days awaiting trial before he was found hanging and unresponsive in his cell. According to the department, at least 15 people have died in ICE custody in the last year.
Protests in Minneapolis
Victor Manuel Diaz was arrested in Minneapolis, a city in Minnesota, where he lives. She was unarmed, in a vehicle and tried to drive away after being surrounded by agents. One of them shot and killed the woman.
The repercussion was immediate and thousands of people took to the streets in Minneapolis and other cities calling for an end to the actions of the immigration authority. State governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey claim that the actions violate constitutional rights and seek to articulate state laws to stop the increase in ICE agents.
According to official data, between the last half of 2025 and January 2026, ICE mobilized more than 2,000 agents in Minnesota and arrested more than 400 people.
