WASHINGTON, D.C.: A seven-year-old Guatemalan girl died in American custody after being detained by US border police in New Mexico, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

The girl who illegally crossed the border from Mexico along with her father and dozens of others died last week of “dehydration and shock,” the newspaper reported, citing US Customs and Border Protection.

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