A day after the arrest by the US Border 7-year-old girl last week crossing the border between USA and Mexico with his father, died of cardiac arrest.
As the Washington Post reported, citing customs and border protection (CBP), the child and her father was taken into custody in new Mexico on December 6 around 10 PM in a group of 163 people who have decided to surrender to the guards.
About 8 hours later the child went into convulsions. Ambulance staff who arrived soon after, drew attention to strong fever at the girl. Her temperature was very high — to 105.7 °F (40.9 per°C).
According to the Agency, it urgently was taken by helicopter to Providence Children’s Hospital. After the flight, the girl went into cardiac arrest, but it managed to revive.
«However, the child is not recovered and died in hospital less than 24 hours after transport,» — said in CBP.
According to the application service, before the tragic events of baby «not eating and not drinking water for several days.»
«We extend our most sincere condolences to the family of the child, – said the representative of the Washington Post CBP Andrew Meehan. – Border patrol agents did everything possible to save the child’s life in the most difficult circumstances. As fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, we are so sorry for the loss of any child».
The girl’s death raises questions about how did the border agents that she was sick. And didn’t fed or watered her for over eight hours that she was in custody.
In turn, the American Union of civil liberties (ACLU) believes that the incident to blame the «culture of cruelty at CBP».
«We call for thorough investigation into how this tragedy took place, and for serious reforms to prevent future deaths,» said Cynthia Pump, a human rights activist from the ACLU Border Rights Center. A representative of the Association also claims that last year the number of deaths of migrants increased, despite the fact that people rarely cross the borders.
This is not the first case involving the death of a child after the conclusion of custody in the immigration prison. This year the public was shocked by the story of 18-month-old Mary, who died six weeks after his release from the center for detention for immigrants. Lawyers for her mother saying that the baby died due to medical negligence Immigration and customs enforcement (ICE), and need to pay their client $60 million.
