ACLU-NM announces settlement over asylum seeker’s death at ICE immigration jail in Estancia

ACLU-NM announces settlement over asylum seeker’s death at ICE immigration jail in Estancia

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico announced March 19, 2026, that it had reached a settlement agreement with private prison operator CoreCivic following the death of 23-year-old Kesley Vial, a Brazilian asylum seeker, at the company’s Torrance County Detention Facility in Estancia. (Photo from a 2022 vigil for Vial courtesy New Mexico Immigrant Law Center)The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico on Thursday announced it had…