In pictures: Guatemalan child migrant's body flown home
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Image source, ReutersJakelin Caal's brother Abdel carries her photograph outside their home in San Antonio Secortez village
The body of seven-year-old Guatemalan girl Jakelin Caal - who died earlier this month while in the custody of the US Border Patrol - has been returned to her home country.
Jakelin was crossing the US-Mexico border with her father as part of a caravan of Central American migrants. They handed themselves in to US border agents in New Mexico in early December.
While in custody, Jakelin developed a high fever and died of liver failure several days later.
Image source, ReutersClaudia Maquin sits and waits for the arrival of her daughter's body
Image source, ReutersLocal residents have gathered to prepare her grave in her village
Image source, ReutersA small grave has been dug in the cemetery
Image source, ReutersMourners have brought flowers
Image source, AFP/Getty ImagesThe white coffin, containing the girl's body, was flown from the US to Guatemala City
Image source, ReutersJakelin's grandmother, Elvira Choc, is among those waiting for its arrival
Image source, ReutersVillagers have set up a makeshift memorial in her memory
Image source, AFP/Getty ImagesThey also made an altar
Image source, ReutersHer death triggered protests in the US - such as this one in El Paso, Texas - against President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policy
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