Guatemalan Toddler Apprehended At U.S. Border Dies After Weeks In Hospital
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Guatemalan Toddler Apprehended At U.S. Border Dies After Weeks In Hospital

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Guatemalan Toddler Apprehended At U.S. Border Dies After Weeks In Hospital Enlarge this image toggle caption Herika Martinez/AFP/Getty Images Herika Martinez/AFP/Getty Images A Guatemalan toddler died in a hospital Tuesday night, just over a month after he and his mother crossed the southwest border and were apprehended, according to the Guatemalan consul in Del Rio, Texas. They were apprehended on April 3 on the north bank of the Rio Grande in central El Paso, Texas, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The deaths of migrant children have prompted U.S. immigration authorities to increase medical checks of minors taken into custody along the country's southwest border. Last month, a 16-year-old boy died in a children's hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, less than two weeks after he was detained and transferred to a child shelter contracted by the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

History of this topic

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1 month, 1 week ago
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1 year, 6 months ago
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1 year, 7 months ago
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1 year, 7 months ago
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1 year, 10 months ago
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2 years, 5 months ago
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3 years ago
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3 years, 2 months ago
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3 years, 9 months ago
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5 years, 8 months ago
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