A Guatemalan immigrant held at ICE's Camp East Montana immigration detention facility has died in an El Paso hospital.

Francisco Gaspar Andres, 48, was pronounced dead on Dec. 3, an ICE news release stated . The official cause of death is pending, but officials state it was likely because of "natural liver and kidney failure."

He was admitted to the Hospitals of Providence East on Nov. 16, but he had been treated by medical staff at the detention facility on Sept. 27, Oct. 2 and Oct. 9.

Gaspar Andres was detained in Florida on Sept. 1. He was transferred to Camp East Montana on Sept. 19 and was scheduled for deportation back to Guatemala.

Camp East Montana first began receiving deportees on Aug. 1. The detention facility is set to be the largest in the country.

U.S. Rep. Veronica Es

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