NM ICE detainee says he was subject to sudden transfer, poor conditions amid 10-day hunger strike

“This is a reprisal for complaints, a reprisal for the First Amendment,” detainee Rogelio Bolufé from Washington immigrant detention facility.

By: Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: May 8, 2026

Words: 824

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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A Cuban immigrant held in a New Mexico immigration detention facility alleges federal immigration authorities subjected him to an abrupt, grueling transfer spanning multiple states during an ongoing hunger strike.

Rogelio Bolufé, 44, has been held in the Torrance County Detention Facility in Estancia since August. While incarcerated, he has repeatedly raised concerns about conditions at the facility, mobilizing dozens of fellow immigrant detainees in protests about legal library access, water quality, …

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