Brownsville Herald
Staff Writer
Cameron County has agreed to pay the widow of a man who died in Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center $1 million.
Attorney Eddie Lucio, who represents the family of Fernando Longoria, who died in January 2015 while in solitary confinement, made the announcement Friday morning.
Court records indicate the settlement was reached Thursday afternoon.
“They really wanted to get it over with and move on with their lives,” Lucio said.
The case was scheduled for jury selection on Monday. Longoria died on Jan. 22, 2015, while serving a 10-day sentence for a DWI charge.
He was 29 at the time of his death and married with three children.
Three days into Longoria’s sentence, detainees began screaming for jailers because Longoria was having a violent seizure and sweating profusely, according to the lawsuit.
Cameron County has agreed to pay the widow of a man who died in Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center $1 million.
Attorney Eddie Lucio, who represents the family of Fernando Longoria, who died in January 2015 while in solitary confinement, made the announcement Friday morning.
Court records indicate the settlement was reached Thursday afternoon.
“They really wanted to get it over with and move on with their lives,” Lucio said.
The case was scheduled for jury selection on Monday. Longoria died on Jan. 22, 2015, while serving a 10-day sentence for a DWI charge.
He was 29 at the time of his death and married with three children.
Three days into Longoria’s sentence, detainees began screaming for jailers because Longoria was having a violent seizure and sweating profusely, according to the lawsuit.
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