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Antonio Barrantes-Vasquez

died 2008 · Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon

Antonio Barrantes-Vasquez died in 2008 at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, where he was being held. Prison officials said they found him being beaten in his cell by two other men held there. In 2019, one of those men agreed to a sentence of life without parole for the killing, according to KATU's report.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Prison officials found him being beaten in his cell by two inmates, and one of the men later agreed to a sentence of life without parole for the killing.

Reported by: prison officials; courts.

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