(CNN) A 32-year-old US citizen arrested by Border Patrol agents died in custody in Texas on Tuesday, according to a Customs and Border Protection statement. Customs and Border Protection sent congressional offices a statement about the man's death, which occurred nearly six hours after his arrest. The agency did not identify the man in its Wednesday statement, but said he was a US citizen and that he was arrested as a suspect in an "alien smuggling incident." According to the statement, the man was arrested around 3 p.m. Tuesday and taken to the Brackettville, Texas, station to be processed. EMS arrived 40 minutes later and took him to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:37 p.m. local time.

Source: CNN February 05, 2020 21:22 UTC