A Toddler Detained at the U.S. Border Has Died After Weeks in the Hospital, Report Says

May 16, 2019, 08:20 PM


A 2-year-old boy detained at the U.S.-Mexico border died Tuesday after several weeks in the hospital in El Paso, Texas, becoming the fourth Guatemalan minor to die in in U.S. custody since December, the Washington Post reports.

The unidentified boy appears to have been sick with a form pneumonia, but his death is under investigation, according to the Post.

A 2-year-old boy detained at the U.S.-Mexico border died Tuesday after several weeks in the hospital in El Paso, Texas, becoming the fourth Guatemalan minor to die in in U.S. custody since December, the Washington Post reports. The unidentified boy appears to have been sick with a form pneumonia, but his death is under investigation, according to the Post.