Santos Reyes Banegas, a 42-year-old Honduran father and construction worker, died on September 18 at the Nassau County Correctional Center on Long Island, New York, where he was held by ICE. During intake at 11:22 a.m. on September 17, a nurse noted he was experiencing alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Two hours later, a doctor evaluated him and prescribed medications for withdrawal. Reyes was found unresponsive in his cell at 6:25 a.m. the next morning and declared dead 20 minutes later. DHS reported the preliminary cause as liver failure complicated by alcoholism, though his family has challenged this account and the official cause of death remains under investigation. Medical experts noted that timely hospital care could greatly reduce life-threatening risks from alcohol withdrawal.