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Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) Relatives and friends poured into a funeral home in the Bronx Friday to pay respect and condolences to the family of Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez, an 8-year-old girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody in Texas last month.

Teddy bears and pink balloons featuring Minnie Mouse surrounded the casket. A Honduran flag was prominently placed near the front of the chapel during the service.

Anadith was a Panamanian national and her parents are Honduran.

"We are not going to bury her. We are planting her. May the future generations know who she was," said Pastor Arnold Ciego.

Her father shared that Anadith was a caring girl who would turn to him and say "let s help them" when she saw people in need on the street.

Anadith died on May 17 and an ongoing investigation by U.S. Customs and Border Protection s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), which upholds the agency s ethical standards, has resu ....

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