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Cuban Detainee's Death Ruled Homicide, Sparks Outrage

1/16/2026

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The El Paso County medical examiner is expected to classify the death of 55-year-old Cuban detainee Geraldo Lunas Campos as a homicide.
Guards choked him after he refused to enter a segregation unit without his medications.
Witness Santos Jesus Flores said Lunas Campos said "No puedo respirar" before resuscitation.
The case has sparked outrage against ICE after Minneapolis incident where an ICE agent fatally shot a mother.

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The El Paso County medical examiner is expected to classify the death of 55-year-old Cuban detainee Geraldo Lunas Campos as a homicide.
Guards choked him after he refused to enter a segregation unit without his medications.
Witness Santos Jesus Flores said Lunas Campos said "No puedo respirar" before resuscitation.
The case has sparked outrage against ICE after Minneapolis incident where an ICE agent fatally shot a mother.