Second Guatemalan child dies after being detained by US border agentsAn eight-year-old Guatemalan boy died in US government custody early on Christmas Day, immigration authorities said, marking the second death of an immigrant child this month after being detained at the border between Mexico and the United States. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a news release that the boy died in hospital shortly after midnight on Tuesday. Hospital staff diagnosed the child “with a common cold, and when evaluated for release, hospital staff found a fever”, the statement added. Jakelin Caal, a seven-year-old Guatemalan girl died on 8 December, less than two days after being apprehended by border agents. UN special rapporteur demands inquiry into death of Guatemalan girl held in US Read moreWhile being transferred by bus to a border facility, the father notified agents his child was vomiting.

Source: The Guardian December 25, 2018 19:28 UTC