ICE Brutality / Individual record
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Died following a heart-related medical emergency in detention.
- Record ID
- IB-040
- Date of death
- January 6, 2026
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Imperial Regional Detention Facility · California
- Facility / incident site
- Imperial Regional Detention Facility
- Category
- ICE custody death
- Nationality
- Honduras
What happened
Medical review cited congestive heart failure and myocardial infarction. Individual care records would be needed to examine preventability.
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