49-year-old inmate found dead at the Las Cucharas Correctional Complex in Ponce

A man serving a sentence for controlled substances was found dead this Tuesday morning in a cell in the maximum security section of the Las Cucharas Correctional Complex in Poncereported the Inspector Daniel Justinianodirector of Research Corps (CIC) from Ponce to The new day.

The officer also confirmed that the body of the subject identified as Jose A. Rodriguez Orengo, 49 years old and resident of Guayanilla, did not show signs of violence. However, he specified that the prosecutor Sharleen Rosafrom the Ponce Prosecutor’s Office, ordered the transfer of the body to Institute of Forensic Sciences (ICF) to perform an autopsy.

The preliminary Police report maintains that Rodriguez Orengo was treated by the doctor on duty at the prison institution, who determined the absence of vital signs and certified his death.

The agent Ivelisse Maldonadoattached to the Homicide Division of the CIC of Ponce, and the agent Doel Santos, of Technical Services, are in charge of the investigation.

On August 8, this media reported that another man identified as Jaliel Cortes Velez, 19 years old, He was found dead in the same prison from an alleged overdose.