“Unclear what caused the migrantbarns death”
“According to the initial information she would have died of dehydration and exhaustion. In Friday stated the us authorities that the girl suffered from cardiac arrest, brain edema, and liver failure.”
“the Incident will now be investigated under the auspices of the department of domestic security bodies, which examines allegations of misconduct committed by civil servants. The girl’s death has brought new criticism against the u.s. government’s harsh immigration policies.”
“But the authorities are defending the handling of the case and stated that there were no indications that the girl had health problems until several hours after she and her father were detained.”
“It was the evening of december 6 after having penetrated the american land through the border crossing of Antelope Wells in the state of New Mexico, together with a group of more than 160 migrants. About seven hours later, stepped on board of a bus to be taken to a frontier post 15 miles away. While they waited for the bus, they had access to water and toilets, the state border protection agency of Reuters.”
“Just before the bus would go alerted the father that the girl vomited. When the bus arrived at their destination about an hour and a half later she had trouble breathing. She shall have then have had the care of the medical staff on the ground before she was taken to a hospital in El Paso, Texas.”
“Where she died the morning after, on 8 december.”
“the Democrats in the senate have criticized the government for the girl’s death was announced only after nearly a week. According to a kongressbestämmelse have borders agency to report deaths of detainees within two days.”