Cuban car wash owner held 15 days in solitary confinement in ICE facility in El Paso
2025·Location: El Paso, TX
Country of origin: Cuba
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Alejo, a 50-year-old Cuban car wash owner, was held in solitary confinement for 15 days in an ICE facility in El Paso, Texas. He described being confined without seeing daylight, without phone calls, receiving food through a slit in the door. He was eventually deported to Mexico.
Sources
- “Casting Us Aside to Die”
hrw.org·May 27, 2026·archived copy
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