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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...s-border-patrol-washington-post-idUSKBN1OD05L
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died of dehydration and shock hours after she was taken into U.S. Border Patrol custody, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
The girl and her father had been detained by immigration authorities on Dec. 6 in New Mexico as part of a group of 163 people who approached U.S. agents to turn themselves in, the Post reported.
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According to the ABC New last night, the group had crossed into the U.S. & were without food or water in the desert for 2 days. Those factors alone could kill a strong adult. I don't know exactly what happened after she was detained, but it does look like someone in authority might have dropped the ball here. From my personal knowledge having once run a 104 degree fever, the doctor said if it was 105 I should have been in the hospital. I hope there is an investigation. What happened in those 'hours after'?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died of dehydration and shock hours after she was taken into U.S. Border Patrol custody, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
The girl and her father had been detained by immigration authorities on Dec. 6 in New Mexico as part of a group of 163 people who approached U.S. agents to turn themselves in, the Post reported.
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According to the ABC New last night, the group had crossed into the U.S. & were without food or water in the desert for 2 days. Those factors alone could kill a strong adult. I don't know exactly what happened after she was detained, but it does look like someone in authority might have dropped the ball here. From my personal knowledge having once run a 104 degree fever, the doctor said if it was 105 I should have been in the hospital. I hope there is an investigation. What happened in those 'hours after'?