Guatemalan man dies at San Diego ICE detention center, 60th under Trump
The gist
A 43-year-old Guatemalan man was found unresponsive at Otay Mesa Detention Center near San Diego and pronounced dead.
His death is counted as the 60th in ICE detention this administration.
How it unfolded
- Oct 23, 202648-year-old Salvadoran immigrant Luis Sandoval died of apparent suicide at the Folkston ICE Processing Center in Georgia, the day before the Otay Mesa death.
- Oct 24, 2026A 43-year-old Guatemalan man was found unresponsive in his living area at Otay Mesa around 11:36 a.m.; staff called a medical emergency and EMS, and he was pronounced dead at the facility.
- Oct 27, 2026ICE identified the man as Roberto Jimenez Gutierrez of Guatemala, while the San Diego County Medical Examiner listed his legal name as Guillermo Pascual Verganza. San Diego County supervisors Terra Lawson-Remer and Paloma Aguirre called on the Trump administration to stop obstructing county health inspections at the facility and requested a written response by Nov. 10.