Guatemalan girl likely died of sepsis shock after crossing border, hospital officials said
Jakelin Caal Maquin, 7, had a 105.9-degree temperature and was revived twice by medical technicians before being flown by helicopter to a hospital.
Dec. 17, 2018 / 12:26 AM PST
By Amanda Covarrubias
Hospital officials who treated a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody said she appears to have died from sepsis shock, according to the most detailed timeline of her death released by the Department of Homeland Security.
Autopsy results that will provide the official cause of death were still pending early Monday.
The statement released by DHS elaborated on what happened to Jakelin Caal Maquin in the hours after she and her father were apprehended by federal authorities and she became ill.
https://www.alipac.us/f12/guatemalan-girl-likely-died-sepsis-shock-after-crossing-border-367867/
