CHICAGO (WLS) — A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during the recent fall immigration enforcement ‘blitz’ has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Michigan private prison.
Nenko Gantchev, 56, died Monday at the North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, MI, which is contracted by ICE to hold undocumented migrants.
After multiple inquiries from the ABC7 I-Team, a DHS statement published online said Gantchev’s death is “suspected to be from natural causes,” but “the official cause of death is still under investigation.”
But Gantchev’s family and friends tell the I-Team questions are mounting surrounding his deteriorating medical condition the past few months while he was in custody at North Lake, leading up to what happened the day he died.
“I want people to know what happened to him, a man who lived 30 years here, hardworking, paid taxes,…
