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World / Social Issues Dec 27, 2018

Christmas funeral for Guatemalan girl who died in U.S. custody too much for grieving mom to bear

A crowd of mourners said goodbye to the 7-year-old Guatemalan migrant girl who died in U.S. custody this month, laying her to rest in a Christmas Day funeral that left her mother so crushed she could not bear to attend. Friends and family on Tuesday ...

World Dec 17, 2018

Kin of Guatemalan girl who died in U.S. custody after crossing border with dad have painful memories, questions

Outside a humble thatched-roof home deep in the lush Guatemalan countryside, the mother of a 7-year-old girl who died after being detained by U.S. border agents tries to remember happier days with her daughter. The 27-year-old woman mournfully points to a nearby tree that young ...