NORTH HOLLYWOOD : FBI to Investigate Death of L.A. Man in Mexico Jail
The FBI has been assigned to investigate the death of a North Hollywood man in a Mexican jail, the Justice Department said Monday.
The Justice Department in Washington has requested FBI agents in Los Angeles to interview witnesses and gather other information on the death of Mario Amado in Baja California, said FBI spokesman John Hoos. In a related matter, the dead man’s family agreed to allow the Mexican government to have his body exhumed from a California grave.
Joseph Amado Jr. has insisted that his brother did not hang himself in a cell, as Mexican authorities contend, but was murdered. Amado, 29, died June 6 in a jail in the beach town of Rosarito.
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