Second immigrant child dies in US custody

Houston: An 8-year-old Guatemalan boy has died in the US government’s custody in New Mexico state, immigration authorities said, in a second case this month of an immigrant child dying while being detained after crossing the US-Mexico border. Representative Joaquin Castro, chairman-elect of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, identified the child as Felipe Alonzo-Gomez. The boy, who was detained with his father, died early Tuesday at Gerald Champion Regional Medical Centre in Alamogordo, New Mexico, about 90 miles north of the border crossing in El Paso, Texas, CNN reported. (IANS)

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