ACLU-NM announces settlement over asylum seeker’s death at ICE immigration jail in Estancia

Kesley Vial, a 23-year-old asylum seeker from Brazil, died by suicide in August 2022 at the Torrance County Detention Facility in Estancia.

By: Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: March 19, 2026

Words: 479

Last Updated: 1 day, 13 hours ago

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The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico on Thursday announced it had reached a wrongful death settlement with private prison operator CoreCivic following the 2022 suicide of a Brazilian asylum seeker at the company’s detention facility in Estancia.

Kesley Vial, 23, died by suicide in August 2022 at the Torrance County Detention Facility, which CoreCivic owns and operates. The facility is one of three in New Mexico in which the U.S. Immigration …

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