29-03-2019 21:26 via kvoa.com

Autopsy: Migrant child who died in US custody had infection

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — An autopsy has found that a 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died of a bacterial infection while detained by the U.S. Border Patrol.
The El Paso County Medical Examiner’s office released a report Friday of its findings in the death of 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin. Jakelin died Dec. 8, just over a day after she was apprehended by Border Patrol agents with her father.
The medical examiner says it found traces of streptococcus bacteria in Jakelin’s lungs, adr
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