Border Patrol Agents Fail to Revive 32-Year-Old Salvadoran Migrant in Custody

Migrants begin to retreat as U.S. law enforcement uses tear gas to repel their efforts to cross illegally into the United States, just west of the San Ysidro crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, on Nov. 25, 2018. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

A 32-year-old man from El Salvador has died after border patrol agents failed to revive him after he fell into medical distress while in custody, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials said in a statement.

The agency said the man was taken into custody by agents from the El Paso Station at around 9 p.m. on Aug. 1. After being processed at the Lordsburg Border Patrol Station in New Mexico he required medical attention. He was pronounced dead in the early morning on Aug. 2.