Special to El Rrun-Rrun
The Cameron County Sheriff's Department has confirmed that yet another inmate in their custody has died, and some sources say that it was the result of a confrontation with jail guards.
The Texas Rangers are investigating the death of the inmate.Authorities say the inmate died at a local hospital Tuesday morning. He is identified as Gabriel Angulo Rivera, 41.
This is the third incident involving the death of an inmate at the Carrizales-Rucker Cameron County Detention Center in four years.
In one case, the county agreed to pay the family of Fernando Longoria $1 million dollars.
Longoria died while in solitary confinement in 2015.
Sheriff Omar Lucio made an official statement at 1:30 p.m today.
According to extra-official sources, the man - jailed March 21 on charges of child support, DWI and Failure To Appear- was involved in a confrontation Saturday, March 23, with jail guards and then was taken to the jail's infirmary later when other inmates reported that he was spitting out blood.
According to the medical report from Valley Regional Hospital, Rivera suffered severe blunt trauma to the head that led to cardiac arrest.
He was rushed to the hospital where he died Tuesday.
The sheriff's department issued a statement saying: "By state mandate when an inmate dies in custody, an outside agency will conduct an investigation. Case has been assigned to the Texas Rangers."
In a press release issued by the department noted that since 2004, Rivera had been charged with numerous charges at least five times before ranging from DWI, possession of a controlled substance, family violence, assault, and aggravated assault causing bodily injury.