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Suspicious death is reported at a Madera farm labor camp. Sheriff’s investigation underway

Madera County sheriff’s deputies were investigating a suspicious death Sunday morning in a farm labor community southwest of Madera.

A sheriff’s spokesman said detectives are working the case near La Vina School, close to Road 23 and Avenue 9, where about 9 a.m. the body of a man was discovered. The location was reported to be at a migrant labor facility.

Authorities said that anyone with information can call 559-675-7770.

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Jim Guy
The Fresno Bee
A native of Colorado, Jim Guy studied political science, Latin American politics and Spanish literature at Fresno State University, and advanced Spanish grammar in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
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