Missing ICE Detainee Vicente Ventura Aguilar's Case Highlighted
Nov 19, 2025·Location: Los Angeles, CA
Country of origin: Mexico
DetainmentDetention ConditionsDue Process ViolationMedical NeglectInjury/IllnessDeportationUse of ForceIn DetentionCalifornia
Vicente Ventura Aguilar has been missing for over 45 days after suffering a medical emergency while in ICE custody in South Los Angeles. He and a friend were taken by masked agents, and his friend, who was deported to Mexico, last saw him fainting in ICE custody. Despite searches of hospitals, morgues, and government agencies, and DHS reporting no records of him, his whereabouts remain unknown.
Sources
- Este migrante lleva semanas desaparecido tras ser detenido por ICE y sufrir una crisis médica cuando iba a ser deportado
Telemundo·Nov 23, 2025·archived copy
- An L.A. man was detained in an immigration raid. No one knows where he is
Los Angeles Times·Nov 22, 2025·archived copy
- He Was Detained in an ICE Raid. Now He's Been Missing for Seven Weeks with No Word
- people.com
- A man missing for weeks and the immigration system that lost him
ms.now·Nov 20, 2025·archived copy
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