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Charlie Jones

Border patrol nurse REFUSED to review health of girl who died with 40 degree temperature

A US Border Patrol nurse failed to review the medical file of an eight-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition before she died on her ninth day in custody.

Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, whose parents are Honduran, showed of a fever over 40.5C (104.9F) and appeared to have a seizure before she died, an internal investigation found.

The surveillance video system at the Harlingen, Texas, station had been out of service since April 13, in violation of federal law.

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