ICE Releases Details About Second Detainee In Georgia Who Died Of COVID-19

Jose Guillen-Vega, 70, from Costa Rica, was sent to the Stewart Detention Center in southwest Georgia.

David Goldman / Associated Press

Updated at 11:11 a.m. Thursday

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have released details about the 70-year-old detainee died in Georgia on Monday due to COVID-19. 

Jose Guillen-Vega, from Costa Rica, died at Piedmont Columbus Regional Hospital on Monday night of cardiac arrest due to COVID-19 complications. A statement from ICE said he had been hospitalized since Aug. 1