Jakelin Caal Was Held at Border Patrol Base Previously Cited for Contaminated Water

[DonViejo]

Seven-year-old girl who died in U.S. custody stayed at one of several facilities where agents refused to touch repulsive water, according to government watchdogs.

Justin Glawe

12.15.18 6:17 PM ET

DALLAS—The U.S. facility on the Mexico border where a migrant girl was held last week before she died is one of several Border Patrol bases the government previously found had contaminated drinking water. Some agents at the bases told investigators they refused to drink, wash their clothes or bathe in the water.

Jakelin Caal of Guatemala arrived with her father and 161 other migrants last week at Antelope Wells, New Mexico. The seven-year-old girl and others were held next to Bounds Forward Operating Base where she fell ill. Citing her father, officials said Caal “had not been able to consume food or water for days,” but a spokesperson for the father called that account inaccurate at a Saturday press conference.

“He is saying that, ‘My daughter is fine, she was eating, she was receiving liquids,’” said Ruben Garcia, the director of El Paso’s Annunciation House, where Caal’s father, Nery is staying. Garcia said Caal’s father told him that “she was fine as she was travelling through Mexico.”

The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to questions from The Daily Beast regarding conditions at Bounds or what kind of water Caal was offered.

While it’s unclear so far the exact role Bounds may have played in Caal’s death, the facility is among those that occasionally holds migrants and had persistent water problems, according to a 2016 DHS Office of the Inspector General report.

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[oberliner]

1. Here's a report from 2015

Border Patrol “Hieleras” – Background and Legal Action

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/other_litigation_documents/border_patrol_hieleras_-_background_and_legal_action.pdf

Here's a bill that was introduced in 2013 and went nowhere:

H.R.3130 - Protect Family Values at the Border Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3130/text

[yardwork]

2. Was an autopsy done on her body?

The reports said that she experienced liver failure. That might indicate poisoning.

[2naSalit]

3. I thought that might be the issue

in her demise. I hope it is the case that brings this shit to an end.