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Ruben Valle

51 years old · died May 13, 2023 · U.S. Penitentiary Tucson, Pima County, Arizona

Ruben Valle, 51, was held at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Tucson in Tucson, Arizona. According to a Bureau of Prisons news release, staff responded to an altercation at the facility on Saturday, May 13, 2023, and he was taken to emergency medical services with life-threatening injuries. EMS personnel pronounced him dead. A second person involved in the altercation was treated for minor injuries.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Bureau of Prisons said he was taken to emergency medical services with life-threatening injuries from an altercation in which a second inmate was involved.

Reported by: Bureau of Prisons (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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