( CNN ) -- A detainee who was found dead over the weekend at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , was identified as Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif , 32 , of Yemen . U.S. Southern Command released his name Tuesday after notifying his family . Latif had been detained at Guantanamo since January 2002 . The detainee was found unresponsive Saturday afternoon during a routine check , Southern Command said . Lifesaving measures were performed , but the detainee died at the hospital . Judge slams efforts to limit Guantanamo detainee access to lawyers . An autopsy was conducted , Southern Command said Tuesday , though it will be some time before the results are known . The cause of death is under investigation . Suicide has not been ruled out , according to Southern Command Sgt . Shanda De Anda . Considered a foot soldier and one of Osama bin Laden 's Yemeni bodyguards , Latif is mostly known for his legal fight for his freedom . In June , appeals from him and six other detainees contesting their open-ended custody were turned aside by the Supreme Court . Federal appeals court rules against Guantanamo detainee . A federal judge had ordered Latif 's release , but the appeals court subsequently concluded that he was part of the al Qaeda terror group and that the government could detain him indefinitely . His lawyers say he went to Afghanistan and Pakistan for medical treatment for a head injury , but the U.S. military -- without revealing too many specifics publicly -- said he was there to train as a terrorist in a remote al Qaeda camp . CNN 's Bill Mears and Tim Lister contributed to this report .
Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif was identified as the detainee found dead over the weekend . An autopsy was performed . The cause of death is under investigation .