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Jose Mejia-Rangel

43 years old · died March 19, 2020 · United States Penitentiary Hazelton, Preston County, West Virginia

Jose Mejia-Rangel, 43, died on March 19, 2020, at the United States Penitentiary Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. The Department of Justice said staff found him unresponsive in his cell in the early morning, and that he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Department said his death was not related to COVID-19 and that it notified the FBI.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Department of Justice said he was found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced dead at the scene, and that the death was not related to COVID-19, but no cause was reported.

Reported by: U.S. Department of Justice (outside investigators).

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