El Paso, December 17 (RHC)-- The family of a 7-year-old indigenous Guatemalan girl who died on December 8th while in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol is demanding answers.
Jakelin Caal Maquin died of shock from sepsis after she and her father were detained in a remote part of New Mexico. Border Patrol agents only brought the girl to the hospital after her body temperature spiked to over 105 degrees.
Ruben Garcia, an immigrant rights activist and director of the Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas, told reporters: “The family is seeking an objective and thorough investigation and are asking that investigators will assess this incident within nationally recognized standards for the arrest and custody of children.”
Over the weekend, the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security promised to investigate the death of the little Guatemalan girl in U.S. custody.
Guatemalan family demands answers in death of 7-year-old girl in U.S. Border Patrol custody

Related Articles
Commentaries
MAKE A COMMENT
All fields requiredMore Views
- From Washington and Jefferson to Trump and Rubio: Threats to Get a Puppet Elected
- Lions Break Liván Moinelo's Undefeated Streak in Japanese Baseball
- Venezuela's attorney general denounces Salvadoran president as the top leader of the Maras
- Israel massacres more than 300 in Gaza in 48 hours as U.S. mercenaries reportedly shoot and kill Palestinian aid seekers
- Forty-fourth edition of the Caribbean Festival begins in Cuba