Juan Mata
Juan Matta was held at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. The Bureau of Prisons said he tested positive for COVID-19 on April 30, 2020, was admitted to intensive care with low blood oxygen, and died in the hospital on May 11, 2020. The Lexington Herald Leader reported that he was the first person from the prison to die of the virus. The Marshall Project, citing a man held at the prison, wrote that he had been battling cancer, and it reported that the virus killed eight men there in total.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Bureau of Prisons says COVID-19 killed him, and fellow prisoner Chad Marks recalled the virus claiming his life at FMC Lexington.
Reported by: U.S. Bureau of Prisons (the agency that held him); Chad Marks, a man incarcerated at FMC Lexington (witnesses).