An illegal child escaped from a US detention center to Mexico

The 15-year-old boy escaped from a refuge for immigrant children in Texas after he was shared with his parents.

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Now the child is in Mexico, writes NBC News.

The boy escaped from Casa Padre, a child care facility in Brownsville, on June 23, he intended to reunite with a man whom he called his father.

Details about the man are not yet known, it is also not clear whether he lives in the USA, and if so, how long ago. According to the source, there were some discrepancies in the DNA analysis, and before they were able to figure it out, the child ran away.

The source added that the boy is currently in Mexico, and the man whom he calls his father sent him money so that the teenager could return to Honduras.

Brownsville police received a call about 23 escaping June around 16: 30 local time. Search teams were called, including a search boat in a nearby pond, but the child was not found.

“As a licensed child care center, we cannot detain a child if they attempt to leave any of our facilities. We are not a detention center, we talk to them and try to get them to stay. But if they do leave the facility, we call the police,” the company said in a statement. Southwest keythat manages the center.

According to the source, on sites Southwest key There are 19 849 children, 42 of them voluntarily left the centers.

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