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{{Infobox incident
| title              = Serawit Gezahegn Dejene
| date               = 2025-01-29
| city               =
| county             =
| state              = Arizona
| country            = United States
| location_detail    = Eloy Detention Center, Eloy, AZ (died at Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix)
| facility           =
| agencies           = ICE
| operation_type     = Death in immigration detention / custody
| status             = Conditions at Eloy under advocacy scrutiny; family questioned care.
| people_affected    = 1
| injuries           =
| deaths             = 1 — medical (complications of multiple infections with HIV; pneumonia, sepsis, TB, stroke)
| agents_involved    = 
| vehicles_involved  =
| verification       = source confidence: high
| key_sources        =
* [https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ethiopian-national-ice-custody-passes-away-phoenix-area-hospital ICE.gov]
* [https://www.ice.gov/doclib/foia/reports/ddr-SerawitGezahegnDejene.pdf ICE.gov]
}}

'''Serawit Gezahegn Dejene''' (45, Ethiopia) died on 2025-01-29 while in the custody of ICE, in Eloy Detention Center, Eloy, AZ (died at Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix). Transferred to ICU Dec 31 2024; life support discontinued Jan 29 by family/medical decision.

== Official account ==
ICE press release said Ethiopian national passed away at a Phoenix-area hospital; mortality review released.

== What is documented ==
* '''Person:''' Serawit Gezahegn Dejene, age 45; Ethiopia.
* '''Location:''' Eloy Detention Center, Eloy, AZ (died at Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix).
* '''Agency:''' ICE.
* '''Cause:''' medical (complications of multiple infections with HIV; pneumonia, sepsis, TB, stroke).
* '''Circumstance:''' Transferred to ICU Dec 31 2024; life support discontinued Jan 29 by family/medical decision.

== Scrutiny of the official account ==
''Grounded in the sourced record below; this documents the dispute rather than asserting a conclusion.''

* '''Status / dispute:''' Conditions at Eloy under advocacy scrutiny; family questioned care.

== Unanswered questions ==
# Will the responsible agency release its full records, footage, and the medical examiner's findings?
# Was the death preventable — and were required medical or welfare protocols followed?
# Will an independent body (not the agency itself) investigate?

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== See also ==
* [[:Category:Deaths by immigration enforcement]]
* [[:Category:Deaths in immigration detention]]

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