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Latest revision as of 19:22, 10 July 2026

Serawit Gezahegn Dejene
1 — medical (complications of multiple infections with HIV; pneumonia, sepsis, TB, stroke)Killed
Date
2025-01-29
State
Arizona
Location
Eloy Detention Center, Eloy, AZ (died at Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix)
Agencies
ICE
Operation
Death in immigration detention / custody
Status
Conditions at Eloy under advocacy scrutiny; family questioned care.
Verification
source confidence: high
Key sources

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

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

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