The mother of a 17-year-old Honduran migrant who died in U.S. custody says her son had epilepsy but showed no signs of being seriously ill before he left for the United States.
Norma Espinoza holds a portrait of her son Angel Maradiaga, at her home in Olanchito, Honduras, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Maradiaga, 17, who was detained at a facility in Safety Harbor, Florida, died Wednesday. Epinoza is demanding answers from American officials, saying her son had no known illnesses and had not shown any signs of being sick before his death. – The mother of a 17-year-old Honduran migrant who died in U.S.
“He had epilepsy, but it wasn't an illness that threatened him, because he had had it since he was eight,” she said. “The longest a seizure would last was less than a minute. It seemed like it only hit him a little.” No cause of death was immediately available nor were circumstances of any illness or medical treatment.
The Department of Health and Human Services offered condeolences in a statement Friday and said a review of health care records was underway and a medical examiner was investigating the death. HHS operates long-term facilities to hold minors who cross the border without a parent until they can be placed with a sponsor. HHS facilities generally have beds as well as schooling and other activities for minors, unlike Border Patrol stations and detention sites in which detainees sometimes sleep on the floor in cells.
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