Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Carlos Guillen

died April 1898 · Cameron County, Texas

Carlos Guillen was held in the Brownsville jail in Texas in April 1898. The Bryan Daily Eagle reported that an angry crowd of citizens broke open the jail and shot him to death. The paper said another man it believed was linked to him was being hunted.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Bryan Daily Eagle (reporters).

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