Hector Cuevas
Hector Cuevas, 30, was a tree-cutter and landscaper from Farmington who married his high school sweetheart and had three children; his father described him as a good-hearted and hardworking man. He was found hanging in his cell at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility near Los Lunas on June 13, 2021, and was pronounced dead. His father says the prison should have kept him away from the sheets he used and that he had tried to kill himself several times before. The Corrections Department says he was not on suicide watch and that the death is under investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed; neglect alleged). The Corrections Department says he was not on suicide watch and his death is under investigation, while his father says the prison should have kept him away from the sheets he used despite several earlier suicide attempts.
Reported by: Corrections Department (the agency that held him); his father.