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Fernando Marulanda Trujillo

69 years old · died March 25, 2021 · Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey

Fernando Marulanda Trujillo, 69, died on March 25, 2021, after contracting COVID-19 while held at the federal prison FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey. The Bureau of Prisons said he had preexisting medical conditions that made him more vulnerable to the virus, and that his condition worsened on March 16, when he was taken back to a hospital. He died there nine days later. The Bureau of Prisons gave complications from COVID-19 as the cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Bureau of Prisons said he died of complications from COVID-19 after contracting the virus while held at FCI Fort Dix.

Reported by: Bureau of Prisons (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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