Jorge Azucena, 26, was arrested in 2013 for running a red
light, the newspaper said. He died less than an hour later,
after telling officers he was having trouble breathing and that
he had asthma, the newspaper reported.
A subsequent investigation by the police department and the
inspector general of the Los Angeles Police Commission found
that officers as well as jail personnel ignored his requests for
assistance, the newspaper reported.
Azucena's mother, Juana Garcia, sued the city, leading to the
settlement announced Tuesday. Azucena's children are also suing,
the newspaper said.
(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein in Sacramento; Editing by Michael
Perry)
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