Guatemalan teen dies in US custody

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 In just over a week, a 16-year-old boy from Guatemala went from being detained by ICE to dying at a Texas hospital while in US government custody. Host Carol Hills learns more about the boy’s case, and what Guatemalan authorities are saying about him, from reporter Nina Lakhani in Mexico City.

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