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Miguel Angel Ortiz
Incident
Location: Colorado Incident Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Deportation Officer Miguel Ortiz died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Aurora Contract Detention Facility at 3130 N. Oakland Street in Aurora.
Deportation Officer Ortiz was a United States Navy veteran and had served with the United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations for four years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deportation Officer Miguel Angel Ortiz died on August 30, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 51.
He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 13 at United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations.
Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.
Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and three daughters.
In Our Keeping
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deportation Officer Ortiz gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 4 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deportation Officer Ortiz.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Miguel Angel Ortiz served in the U.S. Navy (1990â1994) before joining law enforcement.
The Sacrifice · Illness
United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations has lost 15 officers; 13 of them lost to illness.
Miguel is one of 137 officers lost to illness in DC, 9.7% of the 1,419 remembered there.
Miguel is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.
Miguel is one of 2,979 officers lost to illness worldwide, 8.7% of the 34,103 remembered here.
34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 2021, 7 officers at United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
In 2021, 45 officers in DC were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
In 2021, 564 officers in the United States were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
In 2021, 566 officers worldwide were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
Who
Miguel was 51. Of the 13 lost to illness at United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations whose age is recorded, half were between 49 and 51; the middle age was 50. Miguel had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.
Miguel was 51. Of the 136 lost to illness in DC whose age is recorded, half were between 45 and 56.3; the middle age was 51. Miguel had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 19 years.
Miguel was 51. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Miguel had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
Miguel was 51. Of the 2,916 lost to illness worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 39 and 56; the middle age was 49. Miguel had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
When
August holds 23.1% of these deaths at United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations, more than any other month. Mondays: 30.8%.
August holds 10.9% of these deaths in DC; October holds the most, 13.9%. Mondays: 18.2%.
August holds 10.2% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Mondays: 14.2%.
August holds 9.5% of these deaths worldwide; October holds the most, 12.6%. Mondays: 14.6%.
How
Illness deaths account for 86.7% of all 15 deaths at United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations, the most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 9.7% of all 1,419 deaths in DC, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 8.7% of all 34,103 deaths worldwide, the 3rd most common cause.
His people
United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations has 15 officers remembered here, Miguel among them.
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Lorenzo Roberto Gomez
Nov 8, 2003
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Brian Pecson Beliso
Jun 8, 2016
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Ronald Roland Phillips, Jr.
Jul 26, 2020
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Juan Rojas
Aug 7, 2020
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Danny Keith Laughner, Jr.
Oct 1, 2020
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Ronald Mason Hunter, Jr.
Aug 9, 2021
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Miguel Angel Ortiz
Aug 30, 2021
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Roberto Carlos Cantu
Sep 13, 2021
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Olynthia Jermaine Turner
Sep 18, 2021
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Bradley K. Kam
Oct 12, 2021
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Rosa Elisa Vasquez
Nov 5, 2021
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David Eric Mize
Dec 19, 2021
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William Hayes
Jan 3, 2022
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Brian Wayne Turner
May 29, 2022
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Rachel Elizabeth Vielmas
Jul 23, 2022
Where
Military Service
Miguel Angel Ortiz served in the U.S. Navy (1990–1994) before joining law enforcement.
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Where the Name Is Cut
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 62-W
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.
Others Who Wore This Badge
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