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Nery Gilberto Caal released a statement via his attorneys on Saturday, claiming that he and his daughter -- whom Border Patrol says died of prolonged hunger and dehydration -- were properly fed, and that they had not spent days in the desert before declaring their intent to seek asylum at an official border crossing in New Mexico last week.
Okay, so she had enough food and water, he claims, so how did she die in his custody? Is he blaming USCBP for the child's death? Or is he trying to absolve himself of guilt for taking a child on a long and dangerous journey?
Caal has hired Enrique Morneo and Elena Esparza to handle his case, according to Buzzfeed News and CBS News .
The lawyers are claiming that, “Jakelin had not been crossing the desert for days. Jakelin’s father took care of Jakelin — made sure she was fed and had sufficient water,” and that they “sought asylum from the Border Patrol as soon as they crossed the border.”
So what are they implying, that the Border Patrol took too long to handle their needs and she died? Did he immediately tell them his child needed care? Didn't he understand that he'd have to wait his turn, otherwise?
The two lawyers also reportedly issued a threat to the Department of Homeland Security, warning spokespeople for the agency to cease " “further speculation about her cause of death" because making "premature and inaccurate statements undermine the integrity of the investigation.”
That's actually not a bad recommendation. I wish President Trump would heed the warnings.
It does not appear the attorneys have provided any evidence to substantiate their claim that the official Border Patrol report on Jakelin's death is inaccurate, or that a further investigation is warranted, but it sounds scary.
A non-profit called Annunciation House, which is reportedly housing Jakelin's father, released the same statement to media on Saturday evening, the Arizona Central reports.
The statement claims that Jakelin and her father traveled most of the way from Guatemala by bus, and that they had been dropped off only a 90 minute walk from the United States border.
The distance from Guatemala to the U.S. border is over 1,500 miles. That takes days and then the father took the child for a 90 minute walk. We don't know what that was like for the girl, but the bus ride alone had to take days.
The new claims fly in the face of a report issued by the Washington Post -- hardly an outlet that openly supports anti-immigration efforts -- which says Jakelin's father claimed that his daughter was in good physical condition upon contacting Customs and Border Patrol, but that the girl began vomiting and convulsing while being transported from the border to Border Patrol facility 90 minutes away.
Once the transport reached its destination, emergency responders attended to Jakelin and got her airlifted to a children's hospital in El Paso, Texas, where she later died of cardiac arrest. She spent a total of about eight hours in Border Patrol custody
There will be an autopsy and a formal declaration of Jakelin's cause of death, but Department of Homeland Security officials have said that Jakelin was in the final, desperate stages of dehydration and hunger, and that the child hadn't had food or water in several days before she and her father turned up at the border in New Mexico.
The new claims fly in the face of a report issued by the Washington Post -- hardly an outlet that openly supports anti-immigration efforts -- which says Jakelin's father claimed that his daughter was in good physical condition upon contacting Customs and Border Patrol, but that the girl began vomiting and convulsing while being transported from the border to Border Patrol facility 90 minutes away.
Once the transport reached its destination, emergency responders attended to Jakelin and got her airlifted to a children's hospital in El Paso, Texas, where she later died of cardiac arrest. She spent a total of about eight hours in Border Patrol custody
There will be an autopsy and a formal declaration of Jakelin's cause of death, but Department of Homeland Security officials have said that Jakelin was in the final, desperate stages of dehydration and hunger, and that the child hadn't had food or water in several days before she and her father turned up at the border in New Mexico.
If that turns out to be accurate, and it likely is, the father should be indicted and put in prison on the Stupid Block.
But pro-immigration activists have predictably refused to accept the CBP's official word on Jakelin's death. Nothing will please them until there is no border security, and it appears that they may want more than just a simple explanation, even if the autopsy report substantiates the Border Patrol's claims that Jakelin died of severe dehydration and shock.
A protest at the border, which took place Saturday night, demanded an official, independent investigation into Jakelin's death.
But pro-immigration activists have predictably refused to accept the CBP's official word on Jakelin's death. Nothing will please them until there is no border security, and it appears that they may want more than just a simple explanation, even if the autopsy report substantiates the Border Patrol's claims that Jakelin died of severe dehydration and shock.
A protest at the border, which took place Saturday night, demanded an official, independent investigation into Jakelin's death.
Even the death of a child in the care of her father, has become a political issue rather than what actually happened.
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