Jakelin

By then, Jakelin’s temperature had reached 105.7 degrees Fahrenheit (40.9 degrees Celsius).

Jakelin was one of two children to die in Border Patrol custody in December, raising questions about the agency’s medical practices as it faces a surge in migrant families crossing the southern border.

The Caals said they believed that Jakelin and Nery would make it, too.

The father signed an English-language form stating Jakelin was in good health, CBP said, but it remains unclear whether he understood what the form said.

Caal Cruz, an evangelical Christian, took part in a private prayer ceremony for Jakelin on Friday in El Paso and is remaining in the United States while his lawyers determine the next steps.

He says Jakelin and her father are from a rural farming community in an indigenous part of northern Guatemala.

Seven-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin, may she rest in God’s peace, died in the custody of the United States on Dec. 8, two days after she and her father turned themselves into U.S. border agents.

The death comes less than two weeks after 7-year-old Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin, also from Guatemala, in CBP custody in New Mexico.

When the bus arrived close to 6:30 a.m., the father said Jakelin was not breathing.