CBP Identifies 10-Year-Old Girl Who Died in Federal Custody in September

A 10-year-old Salvadoran girl who died in Department of Health and Human Services custody last September was identified Friday by a US Customs and Border Protection official as Darlyn Cristabel Cordova-Valle.

On Thursday, HHS spokesman Mark Weber had announced the girl’s death but did not provide her name.

After she was apprehended nine miles west of Hidalgo, Texas, in March 2018, Cordova-Valle spent about 45 hours in CBP custody before being transported to the custody of HHS’s Office of Refugee Resettlement.

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