Report: Girl Dies in U.S. Border Patrol Custody

A 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died of dehydration and shock hours after she was taken into U.S. Border Patrol custody, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The girl and her father had been detained by immigration authorities Dec. 6 in New Mexico as part of a group of 163 people who approached U.S. agents to turn themselves in, the Post reported. Early Dec. 7, the girl started having seizures, and emergency responders measured her body temperature at 105.7 degrees, the Post said....

© La Voix de l'Amérique - jeudi 13 décembre 2018