A homeless man died Wednesday morning while being held in the detox unit of the Bernalillo County jail, where more than two dozen people have died or been fatally injured since 2020.
County spokesman Estevan Vásquez said Robert Torivio, 48, was pronounced dead around 10:45 a.m. after paramedics tried to revive him for more than 15 minutes.
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