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From NPR's Latino USA: The Strange Death Of José De Jesús (Part 2)

From NPR's Latino USA: The Strange Death Of José De Jesús (Part 2)
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A Peabody Award winner and weekly public radio show on NPR, anchored by Maria Hinojosa and produced by the Futuro Media Group.

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An altar for José in his old bedroom in the family’s home in Jalisco, Mexico.
An altar for José in his old bedroom in the family’s home in Jalisco, Mexico.
(Photo by Fernanda Echávarri/Latino USA)

In part two of our two-part special, we continue our investigation into the death of a man in a U.S. immigration detention center. José de Jesús turned himself into Border Patrol saying somebody was after him. Three days later, he died by suicide after stuffing a sock down his throat. In part two of this story, surveillance video reveals clues about what happened inside his cell, and an internal investigation from Immigration and Customs Enforcement answers many of our questions about what happened to José in the days leading up to his death.

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