Mexican illegal immigrant dies in DHS custody after jumping border

An illegal immigrant from Mexico died early Friday after jumping the border, getting caught and being put inside a Border Patrol vehicle, the agency announced.

The man, who wasn’t identified, came over the border near Cuevitas, Texas, as part of a group of people. He was caught and put into the vehicle while agents nabbed other migrants in the group.

When agents got back to the vehicle he “was discovered to be unresponsive.”

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