Ex-Mexican President blasts Donald Trump over the death of a 7-year-old migrant girl
On December 8, Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin, 7, died in an El Paso hospital. She passed away 24 hours after she was arrested with her father and others while trying to enter the US at the Antelope Wells Port of Entry in New Mexico.
Now the former president of Mexico Vicente Fox has criticized US President Donald Trump for her death.
Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin and her father Nery Caal Cruz, 29, were part of a group of 163 migrants who were caught after entering the US illegally. In a statement released by lawyers, the Guatemalan girl’s family said she had appeared to be in good health as she traveled through Mexico.
She began vomiting after becoming dehydrated when they were apprehended at the border. Vicente Fox, the ex-president of Mexico has put the blame on President Donald Trump.
Former Mexican president criticizes Trump over death of 7-year-old migrant girl https://t.co/1Va1Q2Wp6D pic.twitter.com/L2isfzyooc
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) December 16, 2018
For more on this story go to our Twitter account @amomama_usa. While leaving Avra in Beverly Hills Fox stated that Trump had a “lack of love and compassion” and that his policies were to blame for the child's death.
Fox said:
“This is very sad and it's not the only case, there are plenty more. This is not what the US is all about, this is what Trump is all about. He doesn’t have any love or care or compassion to anybody.”
Vicente Fox after 7-year-old migrant girl dies in federal custody: "I hope you get rid of Trump soon" https://t.co/vpXCGpZt6v pic.twitter.com/zjTcsZ9fmj
— The Hill (@thehill) December 16, 2018
He continued saying that he didn’t know why the US voted for a president like Trump. The former president added that “we all miss the united states that we have known for years and years.”
A 7-year-old Guatemalan girl died last week, about a day after she and her father were arrested for crossing the Mexican border illegally https://t.co/wpugWV7VUI
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 14, 2018
Fox revealed that he hoped the US people would “get rid” of Trump. The former president reminisced about “The [US was] a leader in the world, a compassionate nation, a nation that cares and builds a better world, so I hope you get rid of Trump soon.”
Vicente Fox blisters Trump in street interview diatribe: “I don’t know why this country has a president like him’
— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 16, 2018
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He added that the language Trump used was “more aggressive than physical violence” and that it was “not good for this nation.” Fox pleaded with the US president to stop harming the citizens of America but also the world at large.
V. Fox is awesome! He’s Trumps biggest Troll!
— Erin Finn Macdonell (@ErinSUPnGirl) December 16, 2018
BAHAHAHA Trump must hate it 🙌
The former president pleaded with Trump to “Please change and change soon because you're not going to be there for long.” Fox blamed the people who had personally dealt with Maquin for her death but he stated that they had gotten their orders from “the top.”
Again, should her father not face at least some criticism?
— Retro Standard (@Retro_Standard) December 16, 2018
Asked who was to blame for the death of Jakelin Caal, he added: "First the people that was involved directly but they act on orders from somebody else and so you have to go all the way to the top."
Customs and Border Protection must provide a full report on what happened before this devastating death took place and whether protocols and training were sufficient to prevent it. She was just 7-years-old with a full life to live. https://t.co/LYnLF4oYpO
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) December 14, 2018
Maquin was said to have died of dehydration and shock more than eight hours after she was arrested by agents near Lordsburg, New Mexico. She started having seizures and was flown to an El Paso hospital.
Customs and Border Protection claimed that the girl had not eaten or drunk water for several days.
