Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender : Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 08/02/2021
Location : US-277
City : Eagle Pass
County : Maverick
State : Texas
Agency : CBP Border Patrol
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Physical restraint
Event : Killed by police during arrest
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 08/02/2021, Border Patrol agents tracked a group of migrants for several hours near Eagle Pass, Texas, then detained multiple people from the group, including a man reported to be from El Salvador. Agents handcuffed him together with two other migrants using two sets of handcuffs. Reporting said agents described him as struggling and causing discomfort to the other two people he was attached to. Agents separated him from the others, and he ran a short distance before agents detained him again. Agents restrained him and placed him on the hood of a Border Patrol vehicle. Agents kept him there while waiting for a transport vehicle for about an hour. When the transport vehicle arrived, agents found him dead.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/speeches-and-statements/cbp-statement-death-custody-eagle-pass-tx-0
