Two illegal immigrants in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have died over the past week, according to the federal agency. The deaths are the second and third since Oct. 1, the start of the 2017 fiscal year, putting ICE on pace to beat last year’s record-high 10 total deaths.
Wenceslau Esmerio Campos, a 49-year-old Brazilian man, died on Nov. 25 at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, according to ICE. A preliminary analysis stated cardiac arrest led to his death. Campos first entered the U.S. in 2003. He was arrested by Customs and Border Protection then and was detained at the Port Isabel Detention Center in Los Fresnos, Texas. Later that year, he was released on bond. An immigration judge ruled in 2004 that Campos be removed from the country, despite his not showing up to court that day.
