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Two more deaths in ICE custody bring 2026 total to 25

Carlos Josué Marchena and Lianyong Wei died at detention facilities with documented healthcare deficiencies; Spanish-language media reported first.

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What to know

  • Two deaths in ICE custody—Lianyong Wei in Saipan (August 23) and Carlos Josué Marchena in Louisiana (September 20)—bring the 2026 total to 25 deaths.
  • Both facilities had documented healthcare deficiencies: Saipan lacked full-time nurses and trained medical staff after 4:30 p.m.; Louisiana facility had been cited for a long list of deficiencies in a summer inspection.
  • ICE delayed announcing Wei's death by nine days, and has not yet publicly confirmed Marchena's death, despite Spanish-language media reporting since Friday.
  • Marchena's case illustrates patterns of delayed care: his sister reported medication and meals arrived late or not at all despite his diabetes diagnosis.

“A federal civil rights committee had previously examined healthcare access at that same Commonwealth prison fourteen months before he died and found one full-time doctor, no full-time nurse, and no medically trained staff on site after 4:30 in the afternoon.”

Austin Kocher, Immigration researcher · Austin Kocher Substack ↗

Carlos Josué Marchena Deceased detaineeLianyong Wei Deceased detaineeFranciny Araya Family advocateAustin Kocher Immigration researcherU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention authority

Two more deaths in ICE custody bring 2026 total to 25
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    “medication and meals sometimes arrived late or not at all…”
    — Franciny Araya, Carlos Josué Marchena's sister · source
    1. 1 outlet ICE Detention Claims 25th Life Since the Start of the Year

      first by Mastodon, 3d ago

    • tusk81@mastodon.social

      RE: https:// mastodon.social/@tusk81/117315 686372452545 Carlos Josué Marchena is “the 25th person to die in ICE detention this year—and the second person to die at the detention facility in Louisiana this year, according to ABC News' analysis of ICE data.” https:// abcnews.com/US/costa-rican-imm igrant-died-ice-custody-agency/story?id=136648665

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    • KimPerales@toad.social

      "He initially received med attention in MI, but was later transferred to other cens where he🚨suffered mistreatment/negligence in the delivery of his meds💔*found dead in his bed," said the rel." "A 36-yr-old Costa Rican man🚨died in # ICE cust *25th IMM detainee to die this yr. Carlos Josue Marchena-Marchena:💔found unresponsive at the Winnfield…

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    • gwaldby@mastodon.social

      Carlos Josué Marchena, a 37-year-old Costa Rican man, died in # ICE custody last Thursday or Friday at Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana, after many months in detention. https:// austinkocher.substack.com/p/ic e-detention-claims-25th-life-since

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  2. background

    Carlos Josué Marchena dies in ICE custody at Louisiana facility — Carlos Josué Marchena, a 37-year-old Costa Rican man, died in ICE custody at Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana, after many months in detention. He had been taken into ICE custody in January following an arrest in Michigan, then moved through facilities in Michigan and California before reaching Winn. Family members reported he died of a heart attack; his sister told media outlets he had diabetes and that medication and meals sometimes arrived late or not at all.

  3. background

    ICE announces Wei's death nine days after the fact — ICE published a press release announcing Lianyong Wei's August 23 death, nine days after it occurred. The delay in announcement contributed to slow English-language media coverage.

  4. background

    Lianyong Wei dies in ICE custody in Saipan, one day after detention — Lianyong Wei, a 51-year-old man from China, died about one day after ICE took him into custody at a territorial prison in Saipan. A corrections officer found him unresponsive during morning checks; he was pronounced dead roughly 30 minutes later at a nearby hospital.

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