Second migrant in a week dies after being taken into custody by Border Patrol

Published June 4, 2019 12:38pm ET



A Honduran woman died Monday after being taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents in south central Texas, marking the seventh such death since the fiscal year started in October and the second this week.

“This tragedy marks the second time in less than 36 hours that a person has died immediately following their perilous migration from their home in Central America, through Mexico and across our Southwest border,” acting CBP Commissioner John P. Sanders said in a statement late Monday. “On behalf of the men and women of CBP, we extend our deepest condolences to those who are just learning of the death of their loved one.”

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