- Jakelin Caal, 7, died in US Border Patrol custody on December 7.
- On Sunday, December 23, her body arrived back in her native Guatemala.
- Jakelin’s official cause of death hasn’t yet been determined, but Border Patrol has faced accusations that the agency didn’t do enough to get her immediate medical care.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The body of a 7-year-old girl who died while in custody of the US Border Patrol arrived in her native Guatemala on Sunday and was to be driven hours into the countryside and handed over to family members for a last goodbye.
A white coffin containing Jakelin Caal was received in the afternoon at Guatemala City’s international airport by representatives of the country’s Foreign Ministry and then loaded into the back of a black hearse by workers in orange vests.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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