A Child's Death in the Boot Heel
And the recriminations that have followed
By Andrew R. Arthur on December 18, 2018
Jakelin Caal, a seven-year-old Guatemalan national, died after being taken into custody by the Border Patrol in a place that I can safely say is the most remote spot I have ever been to. That much we know, but much more we don't. That really hasn't stopped the cycle of accusations and recriminations, however.
According to a December 14, 2018, article in the Washington Post:
Twenty-seven hours before she died at an El Paso children's hospital, 7-year-old Jakelin Caal walked across the U.S. border with her father and 161 other migrants outside Antelope Wells, N.M.
It was 9:15 p.m. on Dec. 6, and the small, remote U.S. border crossing was closed for the night. There were four Border Patrol agents on duty, and no medical staff.
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