ProPublica: Footage Shows Migrant Teen's Last Moments At CBP Facility

Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez, a 16-year-old from Guatemala, died in US Border Patrol custody after being held for six days, despite regulations requiring transfer within 72 hours. He was seriously ill with a high fever and placed in a cell with another sick boy. Video footage obtained by ProPublica contradicts Border Patrol logs, showing Carlos in distress for 25 minutes before collapsing. Despite welfare checks, no issues were reported until his cellmate found him unresponsive. An autopsy revealed he died of the flu complicated by other infections. This incident was part of a series of preventable tragedies involving migrant children, leading to criticism and investigations by the Department of Homeland Security.

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