Hector Orlando Salgado-Valderrama
Hector Orlando Salgado-Valderrama, 32, of Colombia, was in touch with his mother and girlfriend in the days before he was attacked at the Sheridan federal prison in Oregon in October 2014. Prosecutors said gang members had targeted him because they wrongly believed he had cooperated with police, and that another man held at the prison beat him with a mop handle and punched and kicked him. He was left unconscious and placed on life support, and he died on November 4, 2014, less than two weeks after the attack. In 2017 the man who attacked him was sentenced to 26 years and eight months for second-degree murder, according to the federal court.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Nyhus said another inmate beat him with a mop handle, punches and kicks at the Sheridan federal prison in October 2014, and he died after being placed on life support.
Reported by: Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Nyhus (outside investigators); U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman (court).