Deaths in Custody
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48 years old · Chaves County Detention Center, Chaves County, New Mexico

A 48-year-old man held at the Chaves County detention center in New Mexico had a medical emergency inside the facility. The Chaves County Sheriff's Office said staff began CPR before deputies arrived, and he was taken to Eastern New Mexico Medical Center in serious condition, where he later died. The sheriff's office has not given a cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Chaves County Sheriff's Office said the man had a medical emergency in the facility, that staff began CPR before deputies arrived, and that it has released no further information.

Reported by: Chaves County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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