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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 11:58 AM Jun 2018

"The guy lost his s---They had to use physical force to take the child out of his hands."

A Honduran father separated from his wife and child suffered a breakdown at a Texas jail and killed himself in a padded cell last month, according to Border Patrol agents and an incident report filed by sheriff’s deputies.

The death of Marco Antonio Muñoz, 39, has not been publicly disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security, and did not appear in any local news accounts. But according to a copy of a sheriff’s department report obtained by The Washington Post, Muñoz was found on the floor of his cell May 13 in a pool of blood with an item of clothing twisted around his neck.

Starr County sheriff’s deputies recorded the incident as a “suicide in custody.”

Muñoz’s death occurred not long after the Trump administration began implementing its “zero tolerance” crackdown on illegal migration, measures that include separating parents from their children and the threat of criminal prosecution for anyone who enters the United States unlawfully.





https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-family-was-separated-at-the-border-and-this-distraught-father-took-his-own-life/2018/06/08/24e40b70-6b5d-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2de369f90878
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"The guy lost his s---They had to use physical force to take the child out of his hands." (Original Post) kpete Jun 2018 OP
If this is what we've become, we deserve everything that comes our way. NT Bleacher Creature Jun 2018 #1
Who's this "we"? Turbineguy Jun 2018 #2
++++++++ uppityperson Jun 2018 #3
If trump can't find terrorists, he'll create some. shraby Jun 2018 #4
If this what YOU have become, please take a Hortensis Jun 2018 #9
very tragic and also suspicious drray23 Jun 2018 #5
I Wondered That, Too Leith Jun 2018 #6
I don't want to hear anyone advocate for "reaching across the aisle." Garrett78 Jun 2018 #7
This needs to be seen by everyone. What a tragedy! lunamagica Jun 2018 #8
Absolutely Evil! Johnny2X2X Jun 2018 #10
. backtoblue Jun 2018 #11

Turbineguy

(37,331 posts)
2. Who's this "we"?
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 12:09 PM
Jun 2018

Trump, his swamp creatures, and those who voted for him deserve what comes their way.

And as far as these children go, Trump is creating future terrorists.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
9. If this what YOU have become, please take a
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 01:46 PM
Jun 2018

vow never to vote.

If it's not renounce and withdraw from RT and other sources peddling this democracy-undermining fascist-empowering poison.

WE. ARE. NOT. THEM.

COUNTDOWN TO TAKING CONTROL OF CONGRESS: 149 days!

drray23

(7,629 posts)
5. very tragic and also suspicious
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 01:13 PM
Jun 2018

It says he was found dead in his cell with an article of clothing around his neck but also in a pool of blood.
If he hung himself, how come he was in a pool of blood ?

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)
10. Absolutely Evil!
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 01:52 PM
Jun 2018

This is pure evil that our country is doing. Tearing children away from their parents is an absolute evil and a crime against humanity.

This must be stopped now!

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