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The company operating the medical ward where an 8-year-old girl died while in US border custody was not approved for a new contract last year, but remains on the job.
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who suffered from sickle cell anemia and heart disease, died after she and her family spent over a week in Border Patrol custody.
An independent monitor said a "series of failures" by Customs and Border Protection employees and contractors resulted in the death of 8-year-old Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez.
The death in May of an 8-year-old Panamanian migrant girl in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody in South Texas was "clearly preventable," had protocols been in place to identify vulnerable youth, according to a court report submitted this week by an independent auditor.