Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Victoriano Argon

died May 4, 1893 · Los Tunas, New Mexico

Vietriano Aragon was being held in the jail at Las Lunas, New Mexico, when he died in early May 1893. According to 1893 newspaper reports, masked men took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree, along with two other men who were also held there. Mexico's 1893 press accounts were the only sources available for this death.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News reports (3)