US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement that 54-year-old Jose Manuel Azurida-Hernandez died yesterday after suffering a heart attack and being hospitalised last Saturday.
Azurida-Hernandez had served 16-month sentence on an attempted robbery conviction at Wasco State Prison and in June was transferred to Adelanto Detention Facility because he was in the US illegally.
His deportation case was pending at the time of his death.