Human cost · after the report cutoff
Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva
A death in ICE custody recorded after the fixed report cohort closed on June 4, 2026. It carries an official ICE notice and is published outside the 52.
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The reviewed record
Also published as Jesús Manuel Arenas Silva
- Age
- 45
- Reported origin
- Venezuela
- Date of death
- July 13, 2026
- Official notice announced
- July 15, 2026
- Custody at death
- In transit between facilities
- Place of death
- Not established in reviewed sources
AILA’s ICE-linked index records that Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva died in ICE custody during transfer from Irwin County Detention Center to Folkston D. Ray ICE Processing Center.
Suspected cause, per ICE, as summarized by the National Immigration Project memorial listing: Cardiac arrest
Detainee Death Report: linked
- Origin facility of the transfer during which the death occurred
- Destination facility of the transfer during which the death occurred
›What this record does not establish
- A final official cause of death, preventability, negligence, or responsibility.
- That either named facility, a transport provider, or any contractor caused or could have prevented the death.
- That an official notice is a complete mortality review.
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Which counts include this person
- Included in this site’s later official-notice lane of 4 records, dated after June 4, 2026.
- Not included in the fixed 52-person Human Rights Watch / Physicians for Human Rights cohort, which closes on June 4, 2026.
How the published totals differ, and why
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Sources
[1]Deaths at Adult Detention CentersAmerican Immigration Lawyers Association · legal research index · Publication/update date not shown · retrieved August 22, 2026
Locator: FY2026 entries through August 1, 2026
Cross-index of ICE notices and DDRs; supports four later official records and a 23-entry calendar-2026 enumeration.
Not an ICE-authored aggregate; linked source records remain controlling.
[3]Detainee Death Report — Jesus Manuel Arenas-SilvaU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · official detainee death report · Publication/update date not shown · retrieved August 22, 2026
Locator: Full report
Official DDR linked by AILA.
Publication date and complete text not independently fetched in this session.
[4]Mourning Those Who Have Died in ICE CustodyNational Immigration Project · advocacy memorial index · August 4, 2026 · retrieved August 22, 2026
Locator: 2026 list and stated aggregate
Source-defined 24-person calendar-2026 tally that includes the post-release Trejo case; later official-record context.
Advocacy-defined scope differs from the ICE/AILA in-custody index and includes attributed claims.
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