8-year-old girl dies in Border Patrol custody in Texas, as agency struggles with overcrowding
Her death marks the second time a child migrant from Latin America has died in U.S. government custody in two weeks.
VALERIE GONZALEZ and REBECCA SANTANA
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Associated Press
June 21, 2023
HARLINGEN, TX - MAY 21: The Rio Grande snakes towards the Gulf of Mexico at the U.S.-Mexico border on May 21, 2013 near Harlingen, Texas. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — A little girl from Panama born with heart problems died in Border Patrol custody Wednesday, the second death of a child from Latin America in U.S. government custody in two weeks.
The 8-year-old girl and her family were being held in Harlingen, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, one of the busiest corridors for migrant crossings. The Border Patrol's parent agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has struggled with overcrowding at its facilities, spurred by a large increase in migrants ahead of the expiration last week of a key regulation on immigration linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The girl experienced “ a medical emergency ” and emergency medical services were called. They took her to the hospital where she was pronounced dead, the agency said. An autopsy has been ordered.
The girl's name was Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, said Honduran Consul José Leonardo Navas, who is based in McAllen, Texas. He said she is from Panama, although her parents are from Honduras. The consul said she was traveling with her father, mother and two older siblings.
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Mother of 8-year-old girl who died in US immigration custody asked several times for an ambulance but was denied, authorities say
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By Rosa Flores and Christina Maxouris, CNN
Updated 1:48 AM EDT, Fri June 2, 2023
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez died on May 17.
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The mother of a girl who died in the custody of US immigration authorities in Texas last month made multiple requests for an ambulance or hospital-level medical care for her daughter, but a nurse practitioner contracted with US Custom
The 8-year-old girl, Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, eventually was taken May 17 to a Harlingen hospital, but she died there that day, eight days after she and her migrant family were taken into custody by CBP in Brownsville.
After the family initially was processed at a CBP facility in Donna, Texas, on May 10, they were taken to the CBP’s Harlingen station on May 14 after the girl tested positive for Influenza A and complained of abdominal pain, nasal congestion and cough, the CBP previously said.
From May 14 to May 17, “CBP-contracted medical personnel reported having approximately nine encounters with the girl and her mother, who complained of fever, flu-like symptoms, and pain” at the Harlingen station, CBP said in a new post on Thursday.
The medical personnel treated the girl’s fever – which reached 104.9 degrees on May 16 – with ice packs, a cold shower and fever reducing medications, and also gave her a flu medication, but “despite the girl’s condition (and) her mother’s concerns,” the child was not transferred to a hospital, CBP said Thursday.
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/us/anadith-danay-reyes-alvarez-ambulance-requests-denied/index.html
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