Six migrant children — five from Guatemala and one from El Salvador — have died in federal custody since September. Most of the children died after becoming ill in Border Patrol’s crowded temporary holding areas.
Neighbors carry the coffin of 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin into her grandparents' home in San Antonio Secortez, Guatemala, in December.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration said a 10-year-old girl from El Salvador with a history of congenital heart defects had died in a hospital in federal custody in September. The Times confirmed her identity as Darlyn Cristabel Cordova-Valle; she was trying to reach Nebraska, where her mother lives.
The deaths come amid a record increase in migrant families and children crossing the border. McAleenan appealed to Congress this week for more funding to address the surge.that a 7-year-old girl had died in Border Patrol custody three days before.and expanded medical screenings of migrants as they arrived at the border.Here’s what we know so far about the children’s deaths.Soon after 10-year-old Darlyn Cristabel Cordova-Valle crossed into the U.S.
The girl was transferred to the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services in a San Antonio facility on March 4, 2018, and she was considered “medically fragile,” with a history of congenital heart defects, according to agency spokesman Mark Weber. Ruben Garcia, director of Annunciation House, answers media questions in El Paso in December after reading a statement from the family of Jakelin Caal Maquin. Caal Maquín died Dec. 8, soon after she was apprehended by Border Patrol with her father after they entered the U.S. illegally, aiming to seek asylum.There were traces of streptococcus bacteria in Jakelin’s lungs, adrenal gland, liver and spleen, according to her autopsy. The infection led to sepsis and organ failures, it said.
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