{"id":505,"date":"2026-07-02T10:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaslivingmedia.com\/?p=505"},"modified":"2026-07-02T10:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:41:56","slug":"the-25-men-whose-lives-ended-under-questionable-circumstances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaslivingmedia.com\/?p=505","title":{"rendered":"The 25 Men Whose Lives Ended Under Questionable Circumstances"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<div>\n<article>\n<header>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Society<\/li>\n<li>January 28, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>The 25 Men Whose Lives Ended Under Questionable Circumstances<\/h1>\n<h1>The 25 Men Whose Lives Ended Under Questionable Circumstances<\/h1>\n<h2>Medical doctors agreed that inadequate care likely contributed to the premature deaths of these men inside the Bureau of Prison\u2019s private facilities.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<time>January 28, 2016<\/time><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On the dirt-road outskirts of the border town of Ojinaga, Mexico, Carlos Aguirre-Venegas\u2019 family gathered last fall in a small church to remember him. It had been a year since Carlos had died, four days before his 31st birthday in October 2014. In the front pew, his wife, Berenice Venegas, held tightly to their three young children as her tears ran through her makeup. The oldest child, 7-year-old Mia, wanted to know when her father would return from heaven. She slid from her mother\u2019s lap to kiss her father\u2019s photograph, resting on the podium beside a pastor.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>In his own childhood, Carlos was a quiet boy with a commanding frame. He longed to follow his aunt, Ana Lujan to her home in Midland, Texas, and as a teenager he began trying to do so without a visa. Not long after he turned 17, US border agents caught him on his first attempt. He tried twice more before finally arriving\u2014exhausted, his feet covered in blisters, but his eyes still gleaming\u2014at Ana Lujan\u2019s door in late 2000. \u201cHe had made it, and he was never going back,\u201d Lujan said.<\/p>\n<p>Yet over the next 11 years, Carlos was deported at least five times, and each time he came back to Texas.<\/p>\n<p>On one of his returns to Mexico, Carlos met Berenice. She was two years older than he, confident, and the holder of a green card. They fell in love and as they built their family, he found devotion like none he\u2019d known.<\/p>\n<p>He worked as a roofer in West Texas and drove long distances for jobs, which put him at risk for being picked up. In August 2011, Aguirre-Venegas was jailed for violating parole for a four-year-old arrest for drug possession. Thanks to a program that engages local police departments in immigration enforcement, he was flagged as undocumented and referred to federal prosecutors. A federal judge sentenced him to 13 months years in federal prison for illegal reentry. (See our story FAQ for an explanation of how and when border crossing became a criminal, rather than civil, offense.)<\/p>\n<p>After his time in federal prison, Carlos was deported once again, and he and Berenice considered whether he should remain in Ojinaga this time. They knew another return could mean more time in prison, and that if he remained free in Ojinaga, she\u2019d continue to visit him there regularly, as she\u2019d been doing since his release and deportation. But when Berenice became pregnant, Carlos knew they had to reunite the family. \u201cHe was never going to stop crossing, and I was never going to go over\u201d to Ojinaga for good, Berenice said. He crossed successfully, and resumed his life and work in Texas. Then, in September 2013, he was pulled over again, as he drove from a get-together at his aunt\u2019s house to check on Berenice, who was just days from her due date. He\u2019d been drinking and was arrested. Immigration agents in the Midland County jail flagged him again and referred him to a federal judge. Carlos was remanded to federal prison for another 14 months.<\/p>\n<p>The Bureau of Prisons sent Carlos to Eden Detention Center in central Texas. The facility, one of 11 private federal prisons used only to hold noncitizens, is run by the Corrections Corporation of America. Immigrant- and prisoner-rights advocates have long warned that these prisons are in crisis\u2014stripped down, separate, and unequal facilities where inmates frequently suffer without the medical care that they need. But a trove of more than 9,000 pages of medical files I obtained clarify the scope of this neglect. They expose dozens of deeply questionable deaths inside the facilities, including several cases in which care was flagged as inadequate by the contractors\u2019 own mortality reviews.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<p><span><span>&#8220;swipe left below to view more authors&#8221;<\/span>Swipe \u2192<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n<span>We Are in the Middle of a \u201cRolling Coup\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                We Are in the Middle of a \u201cRolling Coup\u201d<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<p>\nRichard Gephardt<span> and <\/span>Timothy Wirth <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n<span>Should the Labor Movement Prioritize the Push for Sectoral Bargaining?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                Should the Labor Movement Prioritize the Push for Sectoral Bargaining?<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<p>\nThe Debate<br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n                            \/<br \/>\n                        <\/span><br \/>\nLarry Cohen<span> and <\/span>Eric Blanc <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n<span>Aaron McGruder\u2019s Right to Be Hostile<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                Aaron McGruder\u2019s Right to Be Hostile<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<p>\nFeature<br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n                            \/<br \/>\n                        <\/span><br \/>\nMichael Moore <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n<span>Why My Organization Has Chosen to Defy Israeli Military Orders<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                Why My Organization Has Chosen to Defy Israeli Military Orders<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<p>\nShawan Jabarin <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Berenice drove three hours to visit Carlos at Eden at least once a month. In the late summer of 2014, she noticed that he started to look ill. His hands were swollen, she says, and by August, his eyes and skin looked weirdly yellow.<\/p>\n<p>In Ojinaga, I met a man named Hector who was locked up with Carlos Aguirre-Venegas. Asking that I not use his last name, he told me he and Carlos became friends after learning they shared the same hometown. He also recalled that Carlos\u2019s skin was turning yellow, for a period of at least a month while he and Carlos were incarcerated together. Even before that, Carlos had complained of stomach pain and was unable to eat full meals.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after he arrived at Eden, records show, Carlos had tested positive for latent tuberculosis. Medical staff prescribed an antibiotic called isoniazid to suppress the disease. Liver failure is a known potential side effect of the drug, and standard practice includes close monitoring of those who are on it. But the medical records from Eden raise serious questions about whether Carlos was properly monitored.<\/p>\n<p>Both Berenice and Hector say that Carlos knew the pills were making him sick, but he feared that if he stopped taking the dose without permission, he\u2019d be disciplined\u2014sent to a segregation unit, and denied phone and visitation rights. He\u2019d lose touch with his family.<\/p>\n<p>After Carlos died of liver failure on October 10, 2014, a Bureau of Prisons monitoring report on Eden flagged his tuberculosis care as an example of a breakdown in medical care at the facility. The review also found that the prison nurses administered 30 excess doses of the isoniazid.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Aguirre-Venegas died almost invisibly, in the care of a little-known, but deeply troubled corner of the federal prison system. Nearly all of the men held in privatized, immigrant-only facilities like Eden will be deported when their terms end. But some do not make it out alive. Through a Freedom of Information Act request, I obtained the medical records, turned over to the BOP, for 103 men who died inside. In at least 25 of these cases, a panel of independent medical reviewers identified signs of inadequate care that likely contributed to their premature deaths. These are their names. Some surnames have been omitted due to privacy concerns.<\/p>\n<h6>CARLOS AGUIRRE-VENEGAS, 30<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Oct. 10, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Carlos was deported six times before he was incarcerated for illegal reentry. \u201cNothing at all could keep him away,\u201d said Berenice Venegas, his wife and the mother of their three children.<\/p>\n<h6>NESTOR GARAY, 41<\/h6>\n<p>Died: June 28, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Nestor would never have been placed in a private, immigrant-only federal prison if he\u2019d become a US citizen like his brother Enrique. Nestor\u2019s path to citizenship was derailed after his drug arrest.<\/p>\n<h6>PABLO ORAMA, 62<\/h6>\n<p>Died: March 24, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Pablo visited the prison clinic multiple times over an eight-month period, complaining of chest and shoulder pain. He was given Maalox and told to avoid spicy foods. He died of heart disease.<\/p>\n<h6>JESUS ENRIQUE ZAVALA MONTES, 28<\/h6>\n<p>Died: March 1, 2013<\/p>\n<p>More than two years after Jesus\u2019 death, his sister still had no idea why he\u2019d been locked up. \u201cI thought he\u2019d done something terrible,\u201d she said. He was serving four months for illegal entry.<\/p>\n<h6>MARTIN LOPEZ CERVANTES, 45<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Jan. 7, 2013<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been trying\u2026to get this [patient] the care I think he needs,\u201d a doctor at a nearby hospital wrote, \u201cbut the treatment has been denied.\u201d The chemotherapy that Martin finally received three days before his death was too late to save him from an aggressive cancer.<\/p>\n<h6>LUIS ALONSO ZAMORA VILLA, 31<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Sept. 8, 2012<\/p>\n<p>Luis had been placed in solitary after a fight. The prison\u2019s chief psychologist evaluated him without a translator. He hanged himself in the small room.<\/p>\n<h6>LUIS B., 39<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Aug. 23, 2012<\/p>\n<p>Luis\u2019s body was already cool when staff found him hanging in his solitary cell. The officers assigned to monitor solitary had neglected to perform the required rounds that night.<\/p>\n<h6>JUAN CARLOS SANCHEZ-PEREZ, 33<\/h6>\n<p>Died: June 22, 2012<\/p>\n<p>An intake questionnaire noted that he\u2019d considered suicide in the past. There is no indication that Juan received any substantive mental-health service. \u201cI assume that they should have given him treatment if he was depressed,\u201d said his brother.<\/p>\n<h6>ALEJANDRO GUEVARA-AMAYA, 51<\/h6>\n<p>Died: July 6, 2011<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people who leave here and go to the US\u2026we lose them,\u201d his brother Eduardo said upon learning that Alejandro died in an American prison. \u201cIf I had known he was in jail, I might\u2019ve gone looking for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<h6>MARTIN ACOSTA, 43<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Jan. 31, 2011<\/p>\n<p>His common-law wife Guillermina had planned to follow Martin back to El Salvador after his release from a 30-month sentence for illegal reentry. Instead, in a handwritten will, Martin left his land in El Salvador to her.<\/p>\n<h6>LUCIO GONZALEZ PEREZ, 33<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Jan. 18, 2011<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, I weigh 120 pounds, when I used to weigh 145,\u201d Lucio wrote in one of many letters to his sister. He would later die from AIDS-related illness.<\/p>\n<h6>CLAUDIO FAGARDO-SAUCEDO, 45<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Jan. 4, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Described as a jokester, Claudio spent his whole adult life in the US. His family hoped he\u2019d return to Mexico after serving time for crossing the border. Instead, he died from complications of HIV infection.<\/p>\n<h6>VICTOR CARNATE DUGAY, 52<\/h6>\n<p>Died: May 28, 2009<\/p>\n<p>Victor was often treated only by members of the nursing staff. Even when he was seen by doctors, they missed his serious signs of illness. The delays in care and failures to recognize and properly treat problems likely contributed to his death.<\/p>\n<h6>CECILIO V., 37<\/h6>\n<p>Died: March 13, 2009<\/p>\n<p>Cecilio was diagnosed with oral thrush, a common sign of HIV infection. But after he refused an HIV test, there\u2019s no indication that medical staff tried to test him again, even as his condition worsened.<\/p>\n<h6>REYES G., 36<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Aug. 2, 2008<\/p>\n<p>Reyes told prison counselors that he would kill himself. A doctor determined there was no need to put him on suicide watch. He slit his throat while in solitary confinement.<\/p>\n<h6>JESUS MARIA RIVAS-PRIETO, 56<\/h6>\n<p>Died: May 6, 2008<\/p>\n<p>Jesus complained of abdominal pain. The prison\u2019s medical director said that such complaints should prompt an EKG to check for heart conditions. But the nurse failed to perform the test. Jesus died less than 24 hours later.<\/p>\n<h6>FRANCISCO CANCINO-RODRIGUEZ, 33<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Dec. 26, 2007<\/p>\n<p>Francisco had a 104-degree fever and had lost 30 pounds in eight months. But a doctor wondered in notes whether he might be on a \u201chunger strike.\u201d<\/p>\n<h6>LESAGE PETIT FRERE, 47<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Sept. 4, 2007<\/p>\n<p>Lesage was often treated by LVNs. A doctor who reviewed his file described him as a high-risk patient with severe hypertension and chest pains who should probably have been sent to a hospital.<\/p>\n<h6>ADALBERTO MELERO-GALLEGOS, 56<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Nov. 20, 2006<\/p>\n<p>Adalberto died of liver failure. Despite his deteriorating health, there is almost no doctor involvement in his care documented in Adalberto\u2019s medical records.<\/p>\n<h6>JAVIER R., 53<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Oct. 19, 2006<\/p>\n<p>Javier, a patient with HIV, received what a doctor called \u201chaphazard\u201d care, including a barrage of antibiotics without a clear target and the termination of part of his HIV-drug regimen.<\/p>\n<h6>JAVIER MENDOZA-VARELA, 43<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Feb. 18, 2006<\/p>\n<p>Javier had been treated for illness and appeared at the clinic reporting that he was dizzy and had vomited blood. He needed immediate attention, but a transfer to a hospital appears to have been delayed.<\/p>\n<h6>ALEJANDRO ROJAS, 45<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Dec. 26, 2004<\/p>\n<p>After Alejandro collapsed from a heart attack, it took more than an hour to transfer him to a hospital.<\/p>\n<h6>JUAN ANGEL ARIZMENDEZ-MARTINEZ, 52<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Dec. 15, 2004<\/p>\n<p>Juan Angel showed signs of a previous heart attack, but he was not provided with standard preventive treatment. When he collapsed face-first from an apparent heart attack, officers did not immediately begin CPR.<\/p>\n<h6>DANIEL GOMEZ-HERNANDEZ, 23<\/h6>\n<p>Died: Oct. 13, 2004<\/p>\n<p>Daniel complained repeatedly of being cold and vomiting. Nurses took his vital signs and found that his heart rate was unusually high. After two days, Daniel was finally transferred to a hospital, where he died of heart failure hours later.<\/p>\n<h6>RONALD H., 39<\/h6>\n<p>Died: June 19, 1998<\/p>\n<p>After Ronald tested positive for HIV, treatment began. 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