Mario Ramos
Mario Ramos, 48, died on January 11, 2026, at Calipatria State Prison in Imperial County, California, where he was held. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said he was attacked with a weapon on Facility A Yard by two other incarcerated men, and that he was pronounced dead at 10:06 a.m. after staff requested medical help. The department describes the death as an alleged homicide, and the prison and the Imperial County District Attorney's Office are investigating. The weapon has not been disclosed, and accounts differ on whether he was given CPR at the scene.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. CDCR says two other incarcerated men attacked him with a weapon on Facility A Yard, and the death is being investigated as a homicide.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
News reports (3)
- Calipatria State Prison Investigating the Death of an Incarcerated Person as a Homicide - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- California prisoner beaten to death in targeted two-on-one ambush: CDCR
- Calipatria State Prison Investigating the Death of an Incarcerated Person as a Homicide