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May 2, 2019

16-Year-Old Guatemalan Immigrant Dies in U.S. Custody
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In Texas, U.S. officials say a 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died Tuesday
while in the custody of U.S. immigration agencies-the third such migrant
child death in recent months. Guatemala's Foreign Ministry says the
boy-whose name has not been released-died of a severe infection in the
frontal lobe of his brain after he fell ill in the custody of the Office
of Refugee Resettlement two days after his arrest by Customs and Border
Protection in El Paso, Texas. A statement from the group Families Belong
Together read, "Too many children have lost their lives in the custody
of our government. President Trump should be ashamed. Family separation
and his cruel immigration agenda are literally killing children."


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