Arango Castellanos
Arango Castellanos, a 37-year-old man, died on December 4, 2024, at a local hospital after an apparent altercation at U.S. Penitentiary Lee in Pennington Gap, Virginia, where he had been held since August. Staff took him by ambulance from the prison to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Bureau of Prisons said the FBI was notified and that no staff or other people held at the prison were injured. No manner of death has been given, and the cause of the altercation has not been stated.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A statement from U.S. Penitentiary Lee says the death followed an apparent altercation and that no staff or other people held there were injured.
Reported by: U.S. Penitentiary Lee statement (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.