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Carola Guerrero De León

Texas Foster Care Facility Linked to Boy's Death Had History of Organizing 'Fight Clubs'' And Making Children Fight

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A Greenville, Texas, foster care facility where an 11-year-old boy, identified as O.R., died in November 2023 had a long history of serious abuse and neglect, according to a federal report filed Tuesday. The report, revealed by the Texas Tribune, is part of an ongoing 14-year federal lawsuit and sheds light on broader systemic failures within Texas' long-term foster care system, which has seen 16 child deaths in the past 15 months.

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