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Fidel Vaquero

died January 9, 2022 · Gulf Correctional Institution, Florida

Fidel Vaquero died on January 9, 2022, while held at Gulf Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as accident, according to its own mortality listing. The available record gives no cause of death, no account of the circumstances, and nothing about who Mr. Vaquero was beyond his name. Questions about how the death happened remain open.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident

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

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