Mother says U.S. agents denied medical care to 8-year-old girl who died in custody

El Paso, May 23 (RHC)-- In the U.S., more details have emerged concerning the death of an 8-year-old migrant girl from Panama in the custody of Customs and Border Protection last week. 

Anadith Tanay Reyes Álvarez suffered from a congenital heart condition and sickle cell anemia, according to her family.  Reyes, her parents and siblings were detained in Texas for over a week.  While in custody, Reyes became sick with influenza.  She later appeared to have a seizure and had difficulties breathing. 

Eye-witnesses say that it wasn’t until her body went limp and she began bleeding from the mouth that border agents took her to a local hospital, where the girl was pronounced dead less than an hour after arriving. 
Her mother, Mabel Álvarez, told the New York Daily News: “She cried and begged for her life and they ignored her.  They didn’t do anything for her.”