Family of eight-year-old girl who died in US border patrol custody ‘want justice’

Relatives of Anadith Reyez Álvarez, who died of influenza when detained in Texas, want to ensure ‘nobody has to go through this’

Shortly before the funeral on Saturday for an eight-year-old girl who died while she detained by the US border patrol in Texas and stricken with influenza, her relatives vowed to pursue justice in her case so “nobody has to go through this” again.

“We will let our baby rest and hope that she rests in peace,” the family of Anadith Reyes Álvarez said in a statement, obtained by the Spanish-language news network Univision. “We want justice for her and that nobody has to go through this.”