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PLACE: NCISRA Guantanamo Bay, Cuba DATE: 19JUN06

I, make this free and voluntary statement to  whom I know to be a Representative of the United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service. I make this statement of my own free will and without any threats made to me or promises extended. I fully understand that this statement is given concerning my knowledge of the deaths of three detainees found hanged on 10JUN06 inside Alpha Block, Camp 1 aboard the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

or identification purposes

am currently serving as a detainee escort at the Guantanamo Bay Joint Task Force Detainee facility, aboard Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO). I have served at this position since November 2005. On 10JUN06, at approximately 0015, I was located in the escort lounge on standby when we received a call. For informational purposes, indicates a medical emergency regarding the detainee population. Initially, my team, did not respond to the first  Another escort team responded to the call. We then received a second and separatseparate [sic] to which another team responded to the code. Shortly after receiving the second a guard From Camp One (1) ran into the escort area where my team and I were located and requested all personnel present to accompany him to Alpha Block. When we arrived, we stopped at the ISN 3's cell. ISN-693 had already been placed and strapped on a medical backboard. I noticed ISN-693's face was blue. I observed one of ISN-693's arms had fallen off the backboard. I returned his arm onto the backboard and noticed his arm was stiff. and I lifted the backboard and transported ISN-693 to the Detainee Clinic. When we arrived at the Detainee Clinic, the medical staff directed us to take ISN-693 to the last room on the left. We placed his body on the bed and shackled one arm theto the [sic] backboard per standard procedures. One of the people who helped transport ISN-693 informed the medical staff that no pulse could be detected. on duty initiated CPR. was providing artificial respiration. A medical corpsman on duty began performing chest compressions. They continued providing CPR to ISN-693 for approximately 45 minutes. A medical doctor on staff, wearing civilian clothes, entered the room and began to attempt to intubate ISN-693. The doctor, however, could not open ISN-693's mouth with his hands. The doctor was able to open ISN-693's mouth slightly by prying the jaws apart with a specialized tool. It was at this point the doctor stated ISN-693 had something stuck in the back of his mouth. . The

NCIS 5580/26(1/2001)