Tekandi Paniagua, the Guatemalan consul in Del Rio, Texas, told The Associated Press that he spoke with the Jakelin's father. Border Patrol officials did not immediately respond to the family's comments. The family's statement was released Saturday during a news conference in El Paso, Texas, at an immigrant shelter where Jakelin's father is staying. Hours later they were placed on a bus to the nearest Border Patrol station, but Jakelin began vomiting and eventually stopped breathing. Border Patrol officials on Friday said agents did everything they could to save the girl but that she had not had food or water for days.

Source: Fox News December 16, 2018 01:52 UTC