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July 28, 2006
 

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Inmate shot attempting to escape

HOLGUIN, Cuba - July 25 (Liannis Meriño Aguilera, Jóvenes sin Censura - www.cubanet.org) - A prisoner other inmates say was mentally unstable was shot and killed in an apparent escape attempt.

Juan Carlos Calzadilla, also known as "El Loco," or the crazy one, to other inmates of the Playa Manteca prison, in Mayarí, eastern Cuba, either crossed or was trying to cross the security fence when a guard saw him and fired with his rifle, wounding him in one leg.

His fellow inmates report that while he was lying on the ground, other guards fired on him, killing him.

Calzadilla was awaiting trial on unspecified charges. This was his first time in prison.

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