Leonardo J. Barquin

How they died

Deadly force

Local Miami police caught up with the unarmed Barquin after he and another man burglarized a house, shot him three times in the back, and beat him severely. Barquin died three days later and required a closed-casket ceremony. Four years later, a veteran whistleblowing county prosecutor posted memos and other internal documents that detailed police malfeasance and cover-up in the case.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Leonardo J. Barquin, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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