The 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody was healthy before she arrived, and her family is now calling for an “objective and thorough” investigation into her death, a representative for the family said Saturday. Congressional Democrats have also called for meetings with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials and a full accounting of the incident. Annunciation House said in a Facebook post that the girl’s father was in their care and being hosted in one of their houses. CBP and Department of Homeland Security officials deny that the agency is responsible for what happened to the girl. Watch a Border Patrol agent shoot a box of explosives to announce his baby boy — and start an $8 million wildfire

Source: Washington Post December 15, 2018 23:37 UTC