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Jason González-Landaverde

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 08/09/2021

Location : Ranch near Highway 277, approximately 17 miles south of Eagle Pass

City : Eagle Pass

County : Maverick

State : Texas

Agency : U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Medical emergency

Event : Migrant killed by Operation Lone Star

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/02/2021, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station tracked and apprehended a group of migrants on a ranch approximately 17 miles south of Eagle Pass near Highway 277. After a male migrant from El Salvador reportedly became disruptive while handcuffed to two other migrants, agents removed the restraints, and he attempted to flee before being apprehended again. Agents restrained him with his hands behind his back and placed him on the hood of a Border Patrol vehicle while transporting the group back to an earlier apprehension site to await a transport vehicle. After approximately one hour, agents discovered the man unresponsive. They began CPR and requested emergency medical services, but he was pronounced dead at the scene by the Eagle Pass Fire Department.
The incident was investigated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Professional Responsibility, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, the Dimmit County Sheriff's Department, and the Texas Rangers. All personnel involved were reassigned to non-field enforcement duties pending the investigation, and U.S. Border Patrol initiated a review of its transport and detention procedures.
A 2023 Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General report later identified the decedent as Jason González-Landaverde, a citizen of El Salvador.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/speeches-and-statements/cbp-statement-death-custody-eagle-pass-tx-0