NEW YORK — Relatives and friends poured into a funeral home in the Bronx Friday to pay respect and condolences to the family of Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez, an 8-year-old girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody in Texas last month.
Teddy bears and pink balloons featuring Minnie Mouse surrounded the casket. A Honduran flag was prominently placed near the front of the chapel during the service."We are not going to bury her. We are planting her. May the future generations know who she was," said Pastor Arnold Ciego.
A CBP official told ABC News the agency's top medical officer, Dr. David Tarantino, has been temporarily reassigned, but did not disclose what his new roles would be. Medical personnel gave Anadith flu and nausea medication and transferred the family to a Border Patrol station in Harlingen, Texas, that is used for detainees that need medical isolation or who have been exposed to communicable diseases.
"Despite the girl's condition, her mother's concerns, and the series of treatments required to manage her condition, contracted medical personnel did not transfer her to a hospital for higher-level care," CBP said in a statement. The investigation also found the nurse had"declined" to review a"pile of documents" that were in the family's possession, but gave the girl a folic acid tablet upon her mother's request. By 1:55 PM, Anadith"appeared to be having a seizure" and became unresponsive. Doctors at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen declared her deceased by 2:50 p.m.
The ongoing investigation also revealed that medical personnel"failed to document numerous medical encounters, emergency antipyretic interventions, and administrations of medicine."
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