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(NewsNation) — An 8-year-old girl from Panama, who suffered from heart problems since birth, died while in Border Patrol custody. This is the second time a child in the custody of the U.S. government has died in two weeks.
The girl's mother said agents repeatedly ignored pleas to hospitalize her daughter, who says she felt pain in her bones. The girl was declared dead after being taken to the hospital.
The 8-year-old girl and her family were being held in Harlingen, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, the busiest sector of the border in Texas.
Customs and Border Protection's internal affairs office is investigating the death and an autopsy has been ordered. The Homeland Security inspector general and the Harlingen police have also been notified of the 8-year-old's death.
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