Heydi Gámez García, a 13-year-old Honduran immigrant who was declared brain dead after attempting suicide while she was separated from her father, was taken off life support Thursday and died shortly thereafter, her family says
Heydi Gámez García, who was declared brain dead after attempting to hang herself, was taken off life support Thursday and died shortly thereafter, the family said.Her father, Manuel Gámez, hadn't seen Heydi in four years, since he sent her away from their violent hometown in Honduras to the United States. Heydi was granted asylum in the US, as was the father's sister, Zoila, now 21. But Gámez was repeatedly rebuffed by immigration authorities.
He worked for several years on Long Island, where his sister, Jessica, had settled after being granted asylum.In 2014, he says he was forced to return to Honduras after MS-13 members, angered over his father's refusal to make extortion payments they called"war taxes," shot and killed the 59-year-old man in the street. With the health of Gámez's mother rapidly deteriorating, he said he worried about who would look after Heydi and his younger sister, Zoila.
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