Home WebMail Friday, November 1, 2024, 01:33 PM | Calgary | -0.8°C | Regions Advertise Login | Our platform is in maintenance mode. Some URLs may not be available. |
Posted: 2019-05-16T14:59:01Z | Updated: 2019-05-16T20:37:51Z

A Guatemala n toddler apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border has died after several weeks in a Texas hospital the fourth death of a migrant child since December.

The 2 1/2-year-old boy died on Tuesday night in El Paso, Texas, The Washington Post first reported.

The Guatemalan Consulate in Houston later confirmed the boys death in a release , stating that he is believed to have died from complications from pneumonia.

The boy, whose identity wasnt revealed by authorities, was apprehended with his mother on April 3 near the Paso Del Norte Bridge, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official told HuffPost in an email. That bridge spans the Rio Grande, connecting El Paso with the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez.