| dbo:abstract |
Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin (2011 – December 8, 2018) and Felipe Gómez Alonzo (2010 – December 24, 2018) were Guatemalan immigrant children who died, in separate incidents, while in the custody of the United States Border Patrol in December 2018, after having entered the country, by crossing the border between Mexico and the United States. Caal was a seven-year-old Qʼeqchiʼ girl from the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz who died from dehydration, shock and liver failure while in Border Patrol custody, having illegally entered the country with her father, Nery Caal. Gómez Alonzo was an eight-year-old Chuj boy from the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango who died on Christmas Eve. He was diagnosed with a cold, but not tested for influenza, a condition that was confirmed only after his death. Both deaths sparked controversy, with some blaming the immigration policies of the Trump Administration, and others blaming the families and arguing that the deaths were a hazard of illegal immigration. The two were initially thought to have been the first immigrant children to die in U.S. custody since 2010, but in May 2019, it was revealed that another immigrant child had died under these circumstances some three months before Caal and Alonzo, in September 2018. (en) |
| rdfs:comment |
Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin (2011 – December 8, 2018) and Felipe Gómez Alonzo (2010 – December 24, 2018) were Guatemalan immigrant children who died, in separate incidents, while in the custody of the United States Border Patrol in December 2018, after having entered the country, by crossing the border between Mexico and the United States. Caal was a seven-year-old Qʼeqchiʼ girl from the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz who died from dehydration, shock and liver failure while in Border Patrol custody, having illegally entered the country with her father, Nery Caal. (en) |
