Inmate from Riverside County killed in Otay Mesa prison

OTAY MESA, Calif. (KESQ) – A 66-year-old inmate died in his Otay Mesa prison cell this weekend and the death was being investigated as a homicide, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Hector Ozuna was found unresponsive inside his cell at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility at 6:07 a.m. Saturday, the CDCR said in a statement.

Ozuna’s cell mate, 30-year-old Alexis Guerrero, was put into restricted housing pending an investigation by the facility’s Investigative Services Unit and the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, the statement said…

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