Guatemala asks for answers to the US after the death of the second migrant child

The Chancellery of Guatemala today requested a "clear" investigation into the "safeguarding" of due process regarding the death of the second minor in less than a month in the custody of the United States Border Patrol. In a statement, the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry said that Border Patrol agents reported the unfortunate death of a Guatemalan minor, aged 8, in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The cause of death "is under investigation," said the Foreign Ministry, which already requested an answer about the death on December 8 of the minor Jakelin Caal Maquín, who 48 hours after being arrested with her father at the border of the United States died in similar conditions. The director of Social Communication of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Marta Larra, said that they still do not have the data of the names and community of origin of the deceased child this Tuesday - Christmas Day - nor of the father of this and that "for protection of the family not we can give them, unless they authorize. " In the statement, the ministry added that medical reports were also requested "to clarify the death of the child." According to the text, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is aware that the child entered United States territory accompanied by his father through El Paso, in the southern state of Texas, on December 18 and that on December 23 they were transferred to the Border Patrol station. in Alamogordo. The consul of Guatemala in Phoenix, Óscar Padilla Lam, "is already in the monitoring of this fact and has moved to the place where he is waiting to be able to interview the father of the minor, to be able to know his version of the facts", He maintained the statement. The Guatemalan chancellor, Sandra Jovel, "has instructed to attend to this case as diligently as possible," added the information released Tuesday afternoon in which the Foreign Ministry stresses that it will provide "all necessary consular assistance and protection to the father, as well as will be in charge of the process of repatriation of the minor's remains to Guatemala. "

• 2018-12-27T02:44:49+00:00
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• Noticias
• Noticia
• Guatemala
• migracion
• EstadosUnidos

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