A 10-year-old migrant child died while in the care of the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement in September of last year, according to a department spokesman
The girl, whose death was not reported publicly for nearly eight months, is now the sixth migrant child known to have recently died after journeying to the US and being apprehended by federal authorities. Her death predates the five children known to have died.In a statement, Weber said the 10-year-old girl entered the office's care in San Antonio in March 2018. She had a history of congenital heart defects. He said the child had surgery complications that left her in a comatose state.
Seven-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin died of sepsis, a bacterial infection, in an El Paso, Texas, hospital in December, two days after she had been detained with her father. Weeks later, 8-year-old Felipe Gómez Alonzo died of the flu complicated by sepsis while in Customs and Border Protection custody.
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