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Jakelin Caal

Through a hole in a metallic border wall, two Border Patrol agents visible.

Guatemalan boy, 8, is second migrant child to die in US custody

Immigration

The boy and his father were in US custody on Dec. 24 when the child showed signs of illness. He was diagnosed with a common cold at a New Mexico hospital. Shortly after midnight, he died.

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