Cause of Death Revealed for 7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Who Died in US Custody

Cause of Death Revealed for 7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Who Died in US Custody
Jakelin Caal Maquin, 7, in a family photo. Caal Family Photo via CNN
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A 7-year-old Guatemalan girl died of a bacterial infection while she was in U.S. Border Patrol custody in late December.

The El Paso County Medical Examiner’s office in Texas said on March 29 that Jakelin Caal Maquin, the girl, died more than one day after she was apprehended by Border Patrol agents with her father, reported The Associated Press.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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