A Mexican citizen who filed a federal lawsuit against Park County for medical neglect during a 2003 detention in the county jail has reached a $1.5 million settlement, his lawyers announced Monday.

Park County's insurers will pay Moises Carranza-Reyes for injuries and illnesses he suffered while he was detained.

Carranza-Reyes was placed in the jail on immigration violations.

While in custody, he lost a lung and part of his left leg after developing a streptococcus infection.