Guatemalan boy who died in US custody suffered from brain infection

Juan De León Gutiérrez, 16, travelled to the US from Camotán, hoping to be reunited with his older brother A group of migrant families walk from the Rio Grande near McAllen, Texas, on 14 March.Photograph: Eric Gay/APA Guatemalan boy who died at a Texas children’s hospital after being detained on the US southern border was suffering from a brain infection, the Guardian has learned. He was the third migrant child from Guatemala to die in US government custody in the past