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Blas Humberto Gutierrez-Lujan

44 years old · died July 2014 · Cibola County Correctional Center, Cibola County, New Mexico

Blas Humberto Gutierrez-Lujan, 44, collapsed in his cell at the Cibola County Correctional Center, a federal prison in New Mexico, in July 2014. BOP medical monitors attributed his death to cardiac arrest. According to those monitors, the nurse who responded did not stay in the cell to perform CPR, and 26 minutes passed before emergency responders arrived. He died later that day at a local hospital.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). Medical monitors attribute the death to cardiac arrest and say the nurse who responded did not stay in the cell to perform CPR, and 26 minutes passed before emergency responders arrived.

Reported by: BOP medical monitors (outside investigators).

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