A 10-year-old Salvadoran girl who died in Department of Health and Human Services custody last September was identified by a US Customs and Border Protection official as Darlyn Cristabel Cordova-Valle
On Thursday, HHS spokesman Mark Weber had announced the girl's death but did not provide her name.After she was apprehended nine miles west of Hidalgo, Texas, in March 2018, Cordova-Valle spent about 45 hours in CBP custody before being transported to the custody of HHS's Office of Refugee Resettlement.In a statement Thursday, Weber said the 10-year-old girl had a history of congenital heart defects. He said the child had surgery complications that had left her in a comatose state.
When asked by CNN why HHS had not announced the death in September, Weber said they had prepared a statement at the time but that reporting requirements include notifying"appropriate officials" and"media is not part of the list."Read MoreFeds say a sixth migrant child died while in the care of authorities in SeptemberSince December, five children are known to have died after arriving at the US border from Guatemala.
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