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16 year old Guatemalan died in Border Patrol custody after getting flu during a week detained, well past the 72 hour limit.
He’s the fifth child migrant to die since December.
Before that no kid died in custody for 10 years.
Latest with @LesterHoltNBC.
He’s the fifth child migrant to die since December.
Before that no kid died in custody for 10 years.
Latest with @LesterHoltNBC.
NEW: CBP temporality stops intake at McAllen Centralized Processing Center upon today finding many “in custody with high fevers whom are also displaying signs of a flu.”
A day *after* boy died from the flu following a week in custody — fifth child migrant to die since December.
A day *after* boy died from the flu following a week in custody — fifth child migrant to die since December.
This is Carlos Gregorio Hernández Vásquez, the 16 year old Guatemalan boy who died of the flu in Border Patrol custody Monday.
In December, the Trump administration boasted a child hadn't died in custody for a decade.
Carlos is the fifth child to die in custody since then.
In December, the Trump administration boasted a child hadn't died in custody for a decade.
Carlos is the fifth child to die in custody since then.
