Tragedy struck for a family from Honduras, hoping for a better life in the Bronx, when their 8-year-old daughter died in United States Border Patrol custody in Texas. naveencbs2ny reports.
Loved ones who gathered to remember the little girl Friday say she was denied proper medical care and her death could have been prevented.
"She literally died in her mother's arm," said Guerline Jozef, with the Haitian Bridge Alliance, a nonprofit that advocates for fair immigration policies.Friday night, her heartbroken mom sat just a few feet away from her daughter's casket, trying to cope with this immense loss but even moreso why it happened.Alvarez, who had a heart condition and sickle cell anemia, passed away in U.S. Border Patrol custody on May 17 in Texas.
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