A prisoner of Afghan origin detained at the detention center at Guantánamo died Tuesday afternoon after collapsing in the shower after having been exercising. According to military authorities, Awal Gul, 48, died of natural causes due to a pulmonary embolism or a heart attack, as the autopsy suggests, remains unfinished.
Even so, it has opened a parallel investigation to determine the exact cause of death. Gul was locked up at Guantanamo since October 2002 and was one of the longest-prisoners in the center established earlier this year. Accused of being a Taliban military commander who recruited soldiers to attack U.S., Afghan was also suspected of having ties to Al Qaeda and had served under the command of Osama Bin Laden.
The guard immediately alerted the medical staff, which to reach the cell they found him unconscious, the military said in a statement. Gul was taken to the medical area in the country where you reside and was transferred to the base hospital, but could not be revived. Since there is Guantanamo, seven prisoners were killed, including Gul.
Of the other six, five died after committing suicide and one from colon cancer. Currently, the U.S. military base in Cuba there is little more than 170 prisoners but came to be over 800. These days it provides for the repatriation of the body. 
Even so, it has opened a parallel investigation to determine the exact cause of death. Gul was locked up at Guantanamo since October 2002 and was one of the longest-prisoners in the center established earlier this year. Accused of being a Taliban military commander who recruited soldiers to attack U.S., Afghan was also suspected of having ties to Al Qaeda and had served under the command of Osama Bin Laden.
The guard immediately alerted the medical staff, which to reach the cell they found him unconscious, the military said in a statement. Gul was taken to the medical area in the country where you reside and was transferred to the base hospital, but could not be revived. Since there is Guantanamo, seven prisoners were killed, including Gul.
Of the other six, five died after committing suicide and one from colon cancer. Currently, the U.S. military base in Cuba there is little more than 170 prisoners but came to be over 800. These days it provides for the repatriation of the body.
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