Officials confirm that a sixth migrant child died in US custody last year

U.S. authorities have said that a 10-year-old girl from El Salvador died last year after being detained by border authorities in a previously unreported case, marking the sixth known case in the last year. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that the unidentified girl died on September 29 at an Omaha, Nebraska, hospital of fever and respiratory distress. Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez, 16, was the fifth migrant minor to die in US custody in six months after dying from the flu on Monday amid an outbreak at a processing center Juan de León Gutiérrez and Wilmer Josué Ramírez Vázquez were the third and fourth illegal alien children, respectively, to die in the custody of U.S. immigration officials Jackeline Caal Maquín and Felipe Gómez-Alonzo are two of the five undocumented migrant children that have died under custody of United States immigration officials The 32 sick children and adults have been quarantined at a smaller processing center, according to a U.S. Border Patrol official who spoke with reporters on condition of anonymity because there is an ongoing investigation. The U.S. Border Patrol McAllen Station shut down this week after a major flu epidemic raced through the migrants who are being held there for processing The McAllen station is seen on May 15.