The controversy over the deaths at Fort Bliss — and growing fear among attorneys, family members, and neighbors for the people snatched by ICE agents during chaotic raids and incarcerated — comes as Senate Democrats threaten to hold up legislation needed to fund the government over the killing of U.S. citizens by federal immigration officers in Minnesota. Last week, the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner released an autopsy listing the death as a homicide caused by “asphyxia due to neck and torso compression.” The Campos family is filing a wrongful death lawsuit and petitioned a federal court to block the Trump administration from deporting witnesses who would be called to testify. After the county medical examiner ruled the death of Lunas Campos a homicide, Escobar issued a statement calling on Noem to testify about the deaths at Camp East Montana before Congress and for the facility to be shut down.
Author: Mike Ludwig
Published at: 2026-01-27 22:10:37
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