A eight-year-old migrant girl has died this Wednesday while he was in custody of the Border Guard American in Texas, after crossing the southern border with his family.

The United States Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP) has reported that the girl suffered a medical emergency at a Border Guard location, so emergency services went to the scene and transferred her to the hospital, where doctors They declared his death.

The US authorities are investigating what happened in accordance with US border office protocols and will provide additional information at a later date, according to a statement.

The death of this girl marks the first known death of a migrant child in Border Patrol custody during the Biden Administration, while several minors died during the term of former president Donald Trumpincluding flu infections, according to the television network ‘CBS’.