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"He didn't fall out of bed": the family of a Latino prisoner points to a Texas jail for injuries that left him in a coma

2022-12-09T14:17:13.103Z


Adael Gonzalez Garcia, 48, was in the Harris County Jail after being arrested for drunk driving. The authorities say that he was injured after a struggle with the agents, but his family rejects this version and seeks to review the security cameras.


The family of a 48-year-old Latino inmate has accused officials at the Texas jail where he was being held of causing the serious injuries that keep him hospitalized in a coma, reported the NBC affiliate television station in Houston.

Randall Kallinen, a lawyer for the family of

Adael González García,

said Thursday during a press conference that Harris County jail guards "used force" against his client and caused him severe injuries.

The family demands to see the images from the security cameras of the prison to know exactly how González suffered the injuries.

“The family wants answers.

The community wants answers.

We do not want to release criminals, we just want those tests, ”she said, according to the cited outlet.

Adael González García.Courtesy

According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, Gonzalez was booked into the county jail on November 23 after being arrested for drunk driving.

One day later, at around 9:00 pm (local time), he apparently fell from a bunk in his cell and suffered a facial injury, for which he was treated at the prison clinic.

On Nov. 25, when he was released, jail staff told the sheriff's office that a struggle broke out between him and officers as he was moved to another cell.

At some point, according to the official version, the man

fell headlong to the ground

and was taken to Ben Taub Hospital, where he has remained in a coma ever since.

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González's family has shared images of him where he is seen with wounds and bruises on his head and face, and has said that he

does not believe the authorities' version.

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“He didn't fall out of bed.

That's the stupidest excuse, I'm sorry,”

Marisol Tobar, Gonzalez's stepdaughter, told ABC News in Houston.

"I do not think so.

I don't think she fell on her face.

Right now he is between life and death.”

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), a pro-immigrant organization, says that 27 prisoners have died in the United States so far this year, a record number.

The sheriff's office said Walker County withdrew the warrant for Gonzalez's arrest, meaning he is no longer in custody.

He added that the incident is under investigation.

Source: telemundo

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