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By Associated press
HOUSTON – A Guatemalan official said a 2-and-a-half-year-old migrant child had died after crossing the border, becoming the fourth known miner after being detained by the border patrol since December.
Tekandi Paniagua, Consul of Guatemala in Del Rio (Texas), announced Wednesday that the boy had entered the United States with his father in El Paso, Texas in early April. Paniagua said the boy had a high fever and breathing difficulties, and that the authorities took him to a children's hospital where he was diagnosed with pneumonia.
The boy stayed in hospital about a month before dying on Tuesday. The Washington Post first reported his death.
US Customs and Border Protection did not respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
Lawyers have long questioned the border patrol's ability to care for the thousands of parents and children in its custody. The agency says it is overwhelmed by the influx of migrant families crossing the US-Mexico border.
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