Wilson Peña Lojo

WILSON PEÑA LOJO MARCH 2021

Wilson Peña Lojo, from Guatemala, currently detained at Buffalo Detention Center in Batavia, NY, has been wrongly held in ICE custody for over two years during which he has sustained abuse and injury. He began his hunger strike on March 4th. He is striking for his freedom and will not stop until he is free.

TW: sexual abuse, physical abuse

March 24, 2021 I have 2 years, 25 months to be in immigration, detained by immigration and in Essex county (jail) I was sexually and physically abused by the about 17 guards on May 17th 2019 and despite all of that I continued to be detained and also I had Coronavirus for 22 days in Essex County (jail) and apart from all of that also I conducted a hunger strike for 28 days in Bergen County in an attempt for ICE to free me but they didn’t pay attention to that. And what they did was transfer me to Buffalo in Batavia NY and they have me in center called Buffalo Federal detention facility and here too I have conducted a hunger strike 20 days ago (As of 3/24/2021).

And today in the morning I was to the point of dying because I fainted and the guards had to hold me against a wall. From there they transferred to the infirmary and I have a lot harms.

I have Chronic hyperthyroidism, gastritis, I have high cholesterol and high blood pressure. For these reasons I am conducting a hunger strike. The abuse I have suffered in ICE are excessive. So I ask that you support me and help me. Because I need support. I have been harmed so much and I need special medical care upon leaving this place and also physical therapy for all the harm I sustained by the Guards at Essex County Jail. Sorry, My name is Wilson Peña Lojo. I am from Guatemala and I also have two kids outside, one who is six years old and the other eight years old, who need me. And, apart from that I have my sick mom in Guatemala who needs me to help her and my A# is 087-382-768. You can look at my case. There is no problem with that.