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Luis Alberto Barrientos

22 years old · died July 13, 2018 · Webb County Jail, Webb County, Texas

Luis Alberto Barrientos, 22, died on July 13, 2018, while held at the Webb County Jail in Texas. Jail staff said he suffered an apparent cardiac arrest while being escorted to the showers, and he was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Texas Rangers are investigating, and the Webb County Medical Examiner's Office is conducting a full autopsy, so the cause of death has not been confirmed.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Webb County Jail staff said he suffered an apparent cardiac arrest while being escorted to the showers, and the Webb County Medical Examiner's Office is conducting an autopsy.

Reported by: Webb County Jail staff (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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