5th Guatemalan Migrant Minor Dies in US Immigration Custody
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Pro-migration activists take part in a demonstration in support of the human rights of migrant children outside the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico May 17, 2019. | Photo: Reuters
A 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant died Monday in U.S. border patrol custody, the 5th minor to die since December.
A 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died Monday in United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody in Texas, officials there said, making him the fifth minor to die after being apprehended by U.S. agents since December at the border wtih Mexico.
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The boy, Carlos Hernandez, was arrested by U.S. CBP agents May 13 after crossing the border near Hidalgo, Texas with a group of 70 others, according to the agency.
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