On 24 December, according to Customs and Border Protection’s timeline, Felipe Gómez Alonzo and his father arrived at the hospital at 11.07pm, where staff were unable to revive the eight-year-old. Eight-year-old Felipe Gómez Alonzo’s first week in the US ended up being the last week of his short life. With his father, he had traveled 2,000 miles from his home in Guatemala to reach the US border, where the pair were apprehended by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents.
