A Mexican couple detained by the Department of Homeland Security were able to reunite with their son, an 18-year-old US citizen, just a day before he died of cancer.
The couple, Isidoro González Avilés and Norma Anabel Ramírez Amaya, traveled to Durango, Mexico to be with their son Kevin González Saturday evening in Durango, Mexico. The teenager died Sunday afternoon, his family told CNN.
Kevin, who was born in the US but raised in Mexico, fell ill while visiting family in Chicago over Christmas, according to CNN affiliate WLS. He was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer.
“What I want to say to people is thank you for helping my family to be able to have the choice,” the 18-year-old – his face gaunt – told CNN in Durango shortly after reuniting with his parents.
Avilés and Amaya were in tears as they embraced Kevin after taking a bus to Durango, a state in northwest Mexico.
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