EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- An El Paso family said they had to go request medical help for George Vargas because jail workers were not doing anything about him not feeling well for days. He later died.

More than 250 inmates at the El Paso County Jail took part in an agriculture and mental health initiative alongside local 4-H youth, leaving murals on jail walls. EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KOAA) — More ...

An individual who was in custody at the El Paso County jail has died following hospitalization, according to a Sunday news release. The female decedent, whose name was not released, was being treated ...

A second inmate has been sentenced after pleading guilty to his role as a lookout during a deadly assault at the El Paso County Jail Annex three years ago. George Lopez, now 25, was sentenced to 15 ...

Update (6:10 PM): ABC-7 filed an open records request with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Today we obtained the records, which show that 27-year-old George Vargas died on January 25, 2026.