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Sepsis Was Cause of 7-Year-Old Guatemalan Girl’s Death in U.S. Custody

HeadlineApr 01, 2019

Autopsy results for Jakelin Caal Maquín, the 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died while in U.S. custody, confirm she died of sepsis—a bacterial infection. Maquín, who entered the U.S. with her father in December, died just two days after she was detained by Customs and Border Protection in New Mexico. The medical examiner’s report shows the infection led to the failure of multiple vital organs. Doctors say Maquín would have been visibly unwell for hours before she received medical care and was eventually taken to an El Paso hospital.

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