A migrant boy, 8, has died in US government custody, making him the second child to die in detention this month. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the unnamed boy died shortly after midnight on Christmas day.
The boy reportedly showed 'signs of potential illness' on Monday and was taken with his father to a hospital in Alamogordo, New Mexico. There, he was diagnosed with a cold and a fever and given medication. He was released on Monday afternoon but returned to the same hospital in the evening with nausea and vomiting. He died just hours later.
The cause of death has not yet been determined.
This comes only weeks after a seven-year-old Guatemalan girl died after being apprehended by border agents. The body of Jakelin Caal, who died earlier this month, was returned to her family’s remote village on Monday.
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