Angela Kocherga

The autopsy report says 55-year-old Geraldo Lunas Campos

died of asphyxia due to neck and torso compression.

The report also notes the detainee became, quote, unresponsive while being restrained, according to witnesses.

When ICE reported the January 5th death, it said Lunas Campos was, quote, in medical distress.

The Department of Homeland Security said the detainee tried to take his own life and staff intervened.

The medical examiner's report also notes Lunas Campos' medical history includes a bipolar disorder and anxiety.

Lunas Campos is the third person to die in custody at the tent facility located at Fort Bliss and operated by a private contractor.

For NPR News, I'm Angela Kocherga in El Paso.

Human rights advocates and multiple lawyers have said that the conditions are poor and they're worried they're deteriorating.

There are documented cases of medical neglect, physical abuse, and unsanitary conditions at the facility known as Camp East Montana.

And all of those were included in a report by the ACLU.

Good morning, Michelle.

Yeah, well, the camp has a capacity to hold 5,000 people and it can be expanded.

And at the end of last year, the average daily population was about 2,800 people.

Advocates and lawyers say that some immigrants picked up in Minneapolis recently are being sent to the tent facility, but people from all over the country are there.

The facility is considered a hub for ICE because it's so large and there's a nearby airport for deportation flights.

So tell us about the people who have died at the facility.

Well, Immigration and Customs Enforcement says 36-year-old Victor Manuel Diaz was found dead last Wednesday.

He had been in custody since January 6th when ICE said agents, quote, encountered him in Minneapolis and determined the Nicaraguan man was in the country illegally.

Now, according to ICE, staff at the detention camp here in El Paso found Diaz unconscious.