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ICE Detainee 41-Year-Old Edwin Lopez-Cornejo Dies at Delaney Hall

HeadlineAug 04, 2026

In New Jersey, a Salvadoran immigrant has died while being held at the notorious ICE facility known as Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey. Forty-one-year-old Edwin Lopez-Cornejo is the 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year and the second to die at Delaney Hall. The cause of his death is unknown. Lopez-Cornejo leaves behind a 12-year-old daughter. Lopez-Cornejo’s mother, Maria Cornejo, told the New Jersey Monitor, “I never got to see him. He didn’t get to see his daughter for six weeks. When we told her what happened, she let out a big scream and hasn’t been the same since. She can’t sleep or eat. Neither can I.”

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