ICE Brutality / Individual record
Nenko Stanev Gantchev
Found unresponsive at a detention facility and died despite resuscitation attempts.
- Record ID
- IB-037
- Date of death
- December 15, 2025
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- North Lake Processing Center · Michigan
- Facility / incident site
- North Lake Processing Center
- Category
- ICE custody death
- Nationality
- Bulgaria
What happened
HRW reported that the death-report materials did not disclose a definitive cause; resuscitation reportedly lasted about 30 minutes.
Investigation & findings
ICE death reporting establishes the death. Medical, investigative, and legal conclusions are source-dependent; no misconduct finding is presumed.
Last reviewed: October 25, 2026
Sources & records
- Primary source
- Additional source
- Deaths and Health Care Issues in ICE Detention CentersKFF · 2026 · Research analysis
- Mortality in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement DetentionJAMA · 2026 · Peer reviewed analysis