Venezuelan Man in ICE Custody Dies While Being Transported to Facility in Folkston
ICE said the 45-year-old was found unresponsive during a bus transfer and later pronounced dead at a Georgia hospital.
- On Monday, 45-year-old Venezuelan immigrant Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva died while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody during a bus transfer between detention facilities in Georgia.
- Following an April 27, 2026, removal order to Venezuela, immigration officials arrested Arenas-Silva on July 9 during a targeted enforcement action in Dallas, Georgia.
- While the agency maintains Arenas-Silva was seen by medical professionals, Detention Watch Network reported his family claims ICE ignored medical needs and medication requests.
- ICE officials reported the suspected cause of death was cardiac arrest, and confirmed they notified the Department of Homeland Security and the Embassy of Venezuela.
- A Human Rights Watch report states at least 52 people have died in ICE custody since President Donald Trump's inauguration through June 4, 2026, noting the death rate has more than doubled during his second term.
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Another Man Died in ICE Custody. His Family Say He Was Denied His Medication.
Focus on the Trump administration’s cruel deportation and terrorization engine has understandably been revolving in the last week around two new deaths of American residents who found themselves gunned down by agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In Texas, it was Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who had spent 35 years building a thriving homebuilding business, employing dozens–now ICE is trying to deport the only witnesses who saw Araujo …
Venezuelan Man Dies During ICE Transfer in Georgia as Family Alleges He Was Denied Medication
A 45-year-old Venezuelan man died while being transported between federal immigration detention facilities in Georgia, becoming the 22nd person reported to have died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in 2026.
According to the official statement, the 45-year-old citizen in an irregular situation died while travelling “by bus” on a 160-kilometre journey away
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