Washington (CNN) A 10-year-old Salvadoran girl who died in Department of Health and Human Services custody last September was identified Friday by a US Customs and Border Protection official as Darlyn Cristabel Cordova-Valle. On Thursday, HHS spokesman Mark Weber had announced the girl's death but did not provide her name. After she was apprehended nine miles west of Hidalgo, Texas, in March 2018, Cordova-Valle spent about 45 hours in CBP custody before being transported to the custody of HHS's Office of Refugee Resettlement. In a statement Thursday, Weber said the 10-year-old girl had a history of congenital heart defects. He said the child had surgery complications that had left her in a comatose state.

Source: CNN May 25, 2019 00:33 UTC