may. the security footage was first obtained by the investigative team at propublica. the early hours of may 20th, the teen who was diagnosed with the flu and 103 degree fever can be seen inside his cell at a border patrol station in texas. time stamps have been added. at 1:20 a.m., vazquez is seen laying on a concrete bench appearing to be in pain. four minutes later, he collapses on the floor face down clutching a mylar blanket. after more than ten minutes and no one responding, the teen picks himself up and appears to prop himself against a toilet inside the cell. his feet can be seen flailing for minutes before the video abruptly ends at 1:37 a.m. according to records, border patrol says an agent checked on vazquez three times over the next four and a half hours. the log does not indicate how those checks were done. at 5:48 a.m., the video begins again. officials did not provide an
mexico. and this involves shocking surveillance video that was released. it shows a sick 16-year-old boy collapsing in his cell. that young man is unresponsive for hours before he is found dead. nick valencia is live in el paso, texas, with more of these disturbing details. reporter: it is absolutely disturbing. good morning. the 16-year-old was in border patrol custody for six days and died after six days in their custody. he was diagnosed with the flu and had 103 degree fever. rather than being taken to the hospital, he was quarantined. this new video raises questions as to whether border patrol agents did enough to keep the teen from dieing in their custody. we have to warn you before seeing this video, some of you may find it disturbing. these are the final moments of life for migrant carlos hernandez vazquez. the video is not only disturbing to watch, it calls into question the narrative released by border patrol after the teen s death in
senators david perdue of georgia and lindsey graham of south carolina. now, graham launched his objection after meeting with turkish president erdogan in the oval office. so a pro publica investigation disputes the border patrol s account of the death of a teen migrant who was in custody. carlos, a 16-year-old from guatemala, was reportedly seriously ill when immigration agents placed him in a cell, with another sick boy. according to pro publica, a nurse practitioner at the overcrowded facility determined that he had 103 degree fever and the flu, and warned that he must be taken to the e.r. if this condition worsens. but immigration officials reportedly failed to act, and their account of vasquez s death the next morning had numerous inconsistencies. cell block video obtained by pro publica shows that immigration officials did not find vasquez s body as claimed, it was actually his cell mate who found his body, also a boy, a young boy, and nbc news has not verified the video, which
to bring to your attention because you ve seen thee conditions yourself. one crossed the border alone in may from texas monthly and was held in a processing center in texas for six days when he fell ill with the flu complicated by pneumonia and sepsis. he was never taken to the hospital despite the apparent seriousness of his flu and a 130 degree fever. he s the fifth guatemalan child to die since december since being taken into border patrol custody. the fact the trump administration is trying to get countries like quat mall taw to hold people rather than take more here. it s evident the conditions are atrocious which is no longer a secret. i think it s directly connected to what you were talking about on your program before we came on the air this morning, the racist outburst by the president directed at chairman cummings are directly related to his aggressive oversight on the
julia ainsley, you re flagging that the kids are staying here a lot longer than 72 hours, the minimum or the norm it s supposed to be. how long are they staying there in these conditions? well, when we got the numbers broken down last month, mika, it looked like an average of 110 hours, so now we re past that. now we re talking about children staying there sometimes staying over there a week. there was a case of a child who had the flu, was near death. had 106 degree fever and had to say in the conditions for over a week before he could be taken to a place where he could get better care. so what s happening is cbp is using the same argument we saw from the vice president that it s a matter of funding from congress so that we can move them to better places but that argument simply doesn t stand when you have children who are in those situations, that it s reality and it s a simple solution to provide them with basic kay. yes, the facilities were not