The photos below are of migrant children who have recently died while in U.S custody.
Mariee Juarez (Guatemala); 1 Year Old; Death: May 10th, 2019; Cause: Brochiectasis, pulmonitis, collapsed lung, (due to lack of medical attention from Dilley Detention Facility, Texas). |
Jakelin Amei Rosmery, Caal Maquin (Guatemala); 7 Years Old; Death: December 8th, 2018; Cause: Swollen brain and failed liver after being detained for 11 hours in remote Antelope Wells, New Mexico. |
Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez (Guatemala); 16 Years Old; Death: May 20th, 2019; Cause: Flu-related illness, while in U.S Immigration Custody in South Texas. |
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Felipe Gomez Alonzo (Guatemala); 8 Years old, Death: December 24th, 2018, Cause: Complications from the flu and a bacterial infection; died at Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center in Alamorgordo, Texas, while being held in U.S. Border Patrol custody. |
Juan De Leon Gutierrez (Guatemala); 16 Years old; Death: April 30th, 2019; Cause: Died from a brain infection, in a Texas hospital 15 days after being apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol near El Paso, Texas. |
Wilmer Josue Ramirez Vasquez (Guatemala); 2 Years old; Death: May 14th, 2019; Cause: Multiple intestinal and respiratory infectious diseases. Wilmer passed after being apprehended by US Border Patrol agents, and spending several weeks in an El Paso hospital. |
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Darlyn Cristabel Cordova Valle (El Salvador); 10 Years old; Death: September 29th, 2018; (with death only announced in May, 2019) Cause: Died of surgery complications in Omaha, after months in DHS custody, and being treated for a congenital heart defect at various hospitals.
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Angie Valeria Martinez Ramirez, (El Salvador); 23 Months old; Death: June 24th, 2019; Cause: Drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande, on their way to the U.S. |
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