Guatemalan migrant girl dies
after crossing US/Mexico border
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| US border officials guard the border with Mexico. |
A seven-year old Guatemalan girl who crossed the US border
with Mexico, along with her undocumented father, has died in the custody of the
US Border Patrol, despite efforts to treat severe dehydration and shock.
By James Blears
The seven-year old Guatemalan girl was accompanied across
the border by her father.
They were detained by the US Border Patrol trying to
cross from Mexico to the United States.
Officials say the child, who hadn't eaten or drank
liquids in several days, had developed a fever and then her condition worsened
with seizures.
She was immediately flown to a hospital in El Paso, but
staff there were not able to save her life.
A distressed US Border Patrol spokesman said: "Despite
the best efforts of our medical team, we were unable to stop this
tragedy."
There are hundreds of children, many of them very young,
traveling with their parents all the way from Central America, desperately
trying to escape dire poverty, but also organized crime, which tries to recruit
children into their ranks at a very early age.
Mexico, the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, and El
Salvador are working together to try and establish a Central American
Development Plan, which will offer jobs and discourage migration.
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