Published Aug 3, 2026, 9:42 PM ET · Updated 3 months ago · 3 sources

ICE says Salvadoran man dead following ‘medical emergency’ at Newark detention center

The Hill
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A detainee who had been held at a Newark, N.J., Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility has died, according to multiple officials. In a statement obtained by The Hill’s sister network NewsNation, ICE said that a 41-year-old Salvadoran migrant named Edwin Lopez-Cornejo who had been detained at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility “was pronounced deceased…