Migrant found dead at Laredo Processing Center run by ICE
www.texastribune.org
The death was confirmed by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, who said the 56-year-old Mexican national was found unresponsive in his cell. He’s the seventh person to die while detained by ICE this year.

The death was confirmed by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, who said the 56-year-old Mexican national was found unresponsive in his cell. He’s the seventh person in Texas to die while detained by ICE this year.

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Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias was found unresponsive by staff at the Rio Grande Processing Center during a security check at around 10 a.m. Saturday, Cuellar said. Staff performed CPR and called emergency services.

Andrade-Covarrubias is the seventh person to die while detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Texas this year — the first being Geraldo Lunas Campos, whose death was [ruled a homicide](https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/21/texas-el-paso-immigrant-death-ice-custody-homicide/) by the El Paso Medical Examiner’s office in January.

He’s also the second to die in an ICE facility in Laredo this year. Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez, a 63-year-old Mexican who was being held at Webb County Detention Center, died on June 19 after being found unresponsive, [according to the agency](https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/criminal-illegal-alien-mexico-passes-away-ice-custody).

Andrade-Covarrubias’ daughter, Estefani Andrade, told the Tribune that her family has not yet been contacted by federal agencies. Instead, she said, they heard about his death on Saturday through the Webb County Medical Examiner, which is performing his autopsy.

  • huquad@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    3 hours ago

    Ok but when the girl in my basement dies, I get in trouble? Talk about double standard

      • Nouvellalia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 hours ago

        So, like the “undesirables” in nazi Germany?

        Or how about “The trail of tears saw many detained for crimes against whiteness”?

        Edit: I’m just saying, “detained” is the word the enemy uses to soften the truth about what they are doing, and we might want to look at our own usage of the word. It carries their softened language forward and normalizes it.

        • CubitOom@infosec.pubOPMEnglish
          11·
          1 hour ago

          If you think there is a different word I should use instead, please share.

          I’m open to other suggestions, I don’t love the word either. Since it implies possible criminal behavior, and being undocumented or having a previously expired visa is not a crime. However I don’t know of a word that means to be held as a political prisoner, or when an innocent person is placed in a concentration camp by a fascist regime.

          For the record, to be detained means to be kept in custody, often against one’s will. In the USA, this is supposed to be temporary until the person is either released or convicted. But we have seen that is not true at concentration camps where people are held indefinitely, sometimes for years.

          To be detained is different from being convicted of a crime. And anyone held in custody, even if just for a few minutes to answer questions is technically detained.