Prison Guard Stabbed to Death by Inmates in California
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Officials say a guard has been stabbed to death by inmates at a federal prison in Central California.
Merced County Sheriff Mark Pazin says 22-year-old Jose Rivera was taken to a hospital with stab wounds Friday afternoon and declared dead a short time later.
The U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater says the officer was stabbed by two inmates with homemade weapons.
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An autopsy is planned and the FBI is investigating.
The prison is in the San Joaquin Valley about 64 miles northwest of Fresno.