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HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government says a 16-year-old teenager from Guatemala died Monday at a Border Patrol station in South Texas, becoming the fifth death of a migrant child since December.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that Border Patrol apprehended the teenager in South Texas' Rio Grande Valley on May 13. The agency says the teenager was found unresponsive Monday during a welfare check.
The agency did not say why the teenager had been detained for a week but said he was "due for placement" in a facility for youth operated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
A 2-year-old child died last week after he and his mother were detained by the Border Patrol.
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