The Washington Post claimed today that ICE detention center guards strangled a man to death, and they say they got this from a detainee at the Camp East Montana detention facility in El Paso:
Breaking news: An employee of El Paso County’s Office of the Medical Examiner said it is likely to classify the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at an ICE detention center as a homicide. A detainee says he witnessed Campos being choked to death by guards.
But DHS responded indicating that’s not what happened at all, that the man was trying to kill himself and did exactly that:
On January 3rd, Geraldo Lunas Campos, a criminal illegal alien and convicted child sex predator, attempted to take his own life while he was detained at the Camp East Montana detention facility. The security staff immediately intervened to save his life.
Campos violently resisted the security staff and continued to attempt to take his life. During the ensuing struggle, Campos stopped breathing and lost consciousness. Medical staff was immediately called and responded. After repeated attempts to resuscitate him, EMTs declared him deceased on the scene.
ICE takes seriously the health and safety of all those detained in our custody. This is still an active investigation, and more details are forthcoming. ICE investigates the circumstances of all deaths in custody.
Campos was arrested by immigration authorities on July 14, 2025, during a planned enforcement operation in Rochester, New York. He entered the U.S. in 1996 and has been charged with and convicted of multiple crimes, including felonies, since then. His convictions include: Criminal possession of a weapon, Sexual contact with a child under 11, Reckless driving, Possession of a controlled substance, and Sale of a controlled substance.
An Immigration Judge ordered Campos removed from the U.S. March 1, 2005. However, he was not removed because the government could not obtain travel documents. ICE transferred him to Camp East Montana Sept. 6, 2025.
There you go. More fake news by WAPO, who just want ratings and don’t care if they have the facts or not. They also don’t care if they rile up people against this administration with their false accusations. That’s the goal.
Side note: X is down, so I wasn’t able to embed any of their tweets.