A border patrol official has conceded that a 8-year-old girl who died in U.S. custody would still be alive had officials reacted differently to her parent’s pleas for medical intervention.
awaiting processing at Border Patrol facilities near the Texas border. She would not live to see her release. Days after arriving Anadith began to complain of abdominal pain, exhibited respiratory symptoms, and tested positive for the flu.
A CPB official, who spoke to CBS under conditions of anonymity stated that it was his “clinical opinion that were she treated differently that she would be alive today.” “A Border Patrol agent didn’t believe me. He stood in front of my daughter and told her, ‘Tell me how you can’t breathe because a girl that can’t breathe would be passing out and you’re not passing out, you’re fine,’” Alvarez added.
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