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Three months before he died, guards found Lunas Campos with a sheet tied around his neck, the records say. Staff discussed moving him to “a higher level of care for mental health treatment,” according to the records, but never did. Lunas Campos’s struggles with #MentalHealth, the details of which have not been previously reported, provide context for the chaotic events surrounding his death on Jan 3. #law #immigration #DutyOfCare #Constitution #8thAmendment #UseOfForce #ICE #Trump

What took place in his final moments, behind the walls of a privately run detention center, is the subject of conflicting accounts, with a witness claiming the 55-year-old Cuban immigrant was choked to death by guards & #DHS alleging he had been trying to take his own life & was killed in an ensuing struggle. #law #immigration #DutyOfCare #Constitution #8thAmendment #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #murder #ConcentrationCamps #Sturmabteilung #Trump

On Monday, Lunas Campos’s family sued the guards & the companies that oversaw Camp East Montana, the El Paso detention center where he died, alleging the guards killed him & that their employers failed to adequately train & supervise them. The lawsuit also alleges the facility failed to properly treat Lunas Campos’s #mentalillness, putting him in danger. #law #immigration #DutyOfCare #Constitution #8thAmendment #CivilRights #UseOfForce #murder #ICE #ConcentrationCamps #Sturmabteilung #Trump

The complaint cites the findings of the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner, which ruled Lunas Campos’s death a #homicide, saying that he died by asphyxiation. The finding of homicide does not imply intent to kill, but rather that the victim’s death was caused by another person. #law #immigration #DutyOfCare #Constitution #8thAmendment #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #murder #ConcentrationCamps #PrivatePrisons #ICE #Sturmabteilung #Trump

An #ICE detainee sought treatment for his #MentalHealth. He died in a struggle with guards. The family of Geraldo Lunas Campos is suing #detention center operators & guards over his death. Records show he repeatedly requested treatment for his mental illness. #law #immigration #DutyOfCare #Constitution #8thAmendment #CivilRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ExtraJudicialKillings #murder #ConcentrationCamps #Sturmabteilung #Trump