On Friday, Mexico’s top human rights officials reported that a 10-year-old Guatemalan girl who lost her life in police custody fell from a bunk.
Immigration officials initially reported on Thursday that she arrived at a Mexico City detention centre not happy that her throat hurt. Alejandro Encinas, Interior undersecretary for human rights later said that explanation was true but did not relate to her death.
Encinas said that the girl died of trauma after falling in the dormitory where her mother was located.
The girl lost her life on Wednesday night right after arriving the day before with her mother from the northern border state of Chihuahua.
Encinas did not directly state why officials made no mention of the fall when they reported her death on Thursday. And an investigation has been opened as a result.
Authorities have not released the girl’s name, and on Friday Guatemala’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the girl’s family had decided not to make any comment on the death or release any additional information.
The ministry said it expected the girl’s body would be returned soon to her family in Guatemala City.