SAD : Another Guatemalan Child Asylum Seeker Dies in Border Patrol Custody

ANOTHER Guatamalan child dies in US detention?

Why ?

So sad for the parents, and tired of this happening

Something needs to change, so this never happens again




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May 16, 20192:47 PM ET


A Guatemalan toddler died in a hospital Tuesday night, just over a month after he and his mother crossed the southwest border and were apprehended, according to the Guatemalan consul in Del Rio, Texas.

The family entered the U.S. from the border city of Juárez, Mexico, in early April. They were apprehended on April 3 on the north bank of the Rio Grande in central El Paso, Texas, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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A Customs and Border Patrol official familiar with the case said the mother informed federal agents that her son was sick after they were taken into custody. The official said the child was taken by ambulance that day to a local hospital, where he was diagnosed with pneumonia, and then transferred the following day to a children's hospital in El Paso.

"He got worse over a month," Paniagua said, adding that the consulate was waiting on a formal cause of death before sending the child's body back to Guatemala.

"The Guatemalan Consul in Del Rio reiterates this is a highly dangerous journey and children are the most vulnerable," Paniagua stated.

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