PECOS, TEXAS (AP) -- A South Texas district attorney who tried to prosecute Vice President Dick Cheney is trying to probe an inmate death and prison riot in another part of the state.
Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra today said he suspects a cover-up at a privately run prison in Pecos, some 600 miles northwest of his Raymondville office.
Inmates at the prison rioted and held two prison employees hostage last week after the death of another inmate.
Guerra, who failed in his re-election bid, also acknowledged he has no evidence to show any wrongdoing.
Reeves County Sheriff Arnulfo Gomez, whose deputies and other officers responded to the riot, said he hasn't met with Guerra -- but has no idea what he was talking about.
Gomez also says he thinks Guerra has "some sort of personal vendetta."
The indictments against Cheney and several other officials were later thrown out.
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