Sheriff: Jailed immigrant killed self despite camera, checks
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (AP) — A sheriff's report shows that a Honduran man who entered the U.S. illegally killed himself in a Texas jail despite guards checking on him every half-hour and a camera in his padded cell.
The Starr County Sheriff's Office says in an incident report that 39-year-old Marco Antonio Munoz was found unresponsive in his cell on the morning of May 13, a day after U.S. Border Patrol agents brought him to the jail. It says video footage showed Munoz used a sweater to strangle himself.
The report was filed June 5 to the Texas attorney general's office and obtained by the Associated Press on Sunday.
The sheriff's office and Texas Rangers, who are investigating the death, didn't immediately comment.