Un uomo bulgaro muore durante la detenzione dell’ICE presso una struttura del Michigan settentrionale

For those who can’t access to the article

>Bulgarian man dies in ICE detention at Northern Michigan facility

>An aerial image of the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, Mich. is the largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in the Midwest. With 1,800 beds, it’s owned and operated by GEO Group, a private prison company that landed a federal contract to reopen the former prison in 2025. It’s the only for-profit, private immigration detention center in Michigan. Joel Bissell | MLive.com

>By Rose White | rwhite@mlive.com

>BALDWIN, MI – A man died in detention this week at the North Lake Processing Center, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Northern Michigan, according to congressional sources.

>The death on Monday, Dec. 15, first reported by Metro Times Detroit, remains under investigation.

>ICE has not publicly reported the death, but its website says it posts new releases about detainee deaths within two business days. The agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

>The man was identified as Nenko Gantchev, 56, a Bulgarian who was arrested in Chicago. It’s unclear how long Gantchev was in ICE detention, but a court filing shows he was being held as of Oct. 22.

How many people have to die before we can call them death camps

Capital punishment isnt unreasonable for invading another country.

The article is pretty vague. Under what status was he in the US ? Did he have the right to be there ?

Fascism unsurprisingly kills.

This [CBS article](https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/bulgarian-citizen-dies-in-custody-of-ice-while-held-at-west-michigan-facility-authorities-say/) provides some additional contexts.

>Gantchev did have lawful permanent resident status from 2005 until 2009, the press release said. But in 2023, an immigration judge ordered him to leave the U. S. and return to Bulgaria.

If you chose to believe ICE, they also have a [page providing more information about Nenko Stanev Gantchev](https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/illegal-alien-bulgaria-passes-away-north-lake-processing-center-natural-causes).

>Gantchev was arrested by Chicago Police Department in Chicago, for theft, Oct. 8, 1995, following his June 16, 1995, admission into the U.S. as an J1 exchange visitor. The disposition of that arrest is unknown. Gantchev was arrested again, Dec. 3, 1996, by CPD for theft. On Jan. 21, 1997, the Cook Circuit Court, Chicago, disposed of the theft charges with leave to reinstate.

>On March 28, 2000, the River Grove Polic Department, Village of River Grove, Ill., arrested Gantchev for assault and battery. On Aug. 8, 2000, the Cook County Circuit Court disposed of the assault and battery charges with leave to reinstate.

>On May 22, 2008, Gantchev was arrested by Park Ridge Police Department, Park Ridge, Ill., for driving under the influence. The disposition is unknown.

If these information are true, he’s been living in the US for more than 30 years now and has had several run-ins with the law. To be clear, he doesn’t deserve to die and the poor treatment by ICE should be investigated yet it’s unclear why he wasn’t deported any time in the last 30 years.

After having lived in the US and gotten to know so many great people there and visiting regularly, I’m not touching this country with a ten foot pole anymore. Way too dangerous.

Tragic and disturbing, no one should die in custody. There needs to be real transparency and accountability for what happened here 

And this is europe related how exactly? 

Or are we going to post news every time a European dies overseas now?