‘I hope you get rid of Trump soon’: Former Mexican President criticizes Donald Trump over the death of a migrant girl arrested at US-Mexican border and his tough immigration policies
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox had criticized Trump for the death of a seven-year-old migrant girl and for his handling of the migrant caravan
‘He doesn’t have any love or care or compassion to anybody’, Fox said
Jakelin Caal Maquin died in an El Paso hospital on December 8 – 27 hours after she was taken into custody at the US- Mexico border
She and her father Nery Caal were detained at the Antelope Wells Port of Entry in New Mexico with 163 others
Nery Caal said the girl was in good health at the time they were apprehended but began vomiting hours later
Border Patrol officials said agents did everything they could to save her life but that she had been denied food and water for days before she crossed the border
The family is urging authorities to conduct an ‘objective and thorough’ investigation into the death and to determine if there was any wrongdoing
By LEAH MCDONALD
DAILYMAIL.COM
16 December 2018
The former President of Mexico said Donald Trump is to blame for the death of a Guatemalan girl who was arrested with her father at the US-Mexico border.
Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin, 7, died in an El Paso hospital on December 8, 27 hours after she was arrested with her father, 29-year-old Nery Caal, and 163 others trying to enter the US at the Antelope Wells Port of Entry in New Mexico.
In a statement released by lawyers, Jakelin’s family said the girl appeared to be in good health as she traveled through Mexico, but began vomiting after becoming dehydrated when they were apprehended at the border.
Now Vicente Fox criticized US President for his ‘lack of love and compassion’, saying his policies are to blame for the migrant crisis and the child’s death.
Fox, was Mexico’s President from 2000- 2006. He told TMZ: ‘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.
‘I don’t know why this nation has a president like him, we all miss the united states that we have known for years and years.
Fox said he hoped the US people ‘get rid’ of Trump soon as America has changed drastically since he began his presidency.
He added: ‘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.
‘The language is more aggressive than physical violence, speaking the way Trump speaks is not good for this nation.
‘So Senor Trump please correct, you’re harming not only the same citizens of the United States but everyone around the world.
‘Please change and change soon because you’re not going to be there for long’.
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’.
US border patrol officials have maintained that agents did everything they could to save Jakelin after the girl began deteriorating, despite reports that she had stopped breathing more than an hour before she was taken to a hospital.
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