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Guatemalan boy detained by US border agency dies at Texas hospital

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The 16-year-old, who has not been named, is the third migrant child to die in US custody in the past five months

A 16-year-old Guatemalan boy has died in a Texas hospital after he was detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), becoming the third migrant child to die in US government custody in the past five months.

The boy, who has not been named, died on Tuesday at a Texas children’s hospital in the McAllen area after several days in intensive care. The cause of death has not been released.

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2WhltXe

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