felipe always wanted a bicycle and their father saw the us as a way to help get their family out of poverty gomez lucas said the mother of the 8yearold boy who died while in the custody of customs and border protection has spoken publicly for the first time since his christmas eve death he wasnt sick on the way he wasnt sick here alonzo perez told the ap via gomez lucas more us borders pushed to a breaking point by those who seek open borders nielsen felipe gomez alonzo then 7 is seen near laguna brava in yalambojoch guatemala in this undated photo they next spoke to him again on christmas hours after felipe died the boy who has been identified as felipe gomez alonzo was taken to a new mexico hospital twice on the day of his death by cbp officials alongside his father after they had immigrated to the us days earlier he told us that felipe was fine all day that he was playing with other children we have nothing to live with catarina alonzo perez center seen in this undated photo spoke about the recent death of her eightyearold son felipe gomez alonzo prensa libre the boys 21yearold stepsister catarina gomez lucas spoke to the associated press and said that the family had heard that it might be easier to gain access to the united states if a child was with an adult more what we know about 8yearold boys time in border patrol custody before his death we heard rumors that they could pass into the united states they said they could pass with the children said gomez lucas who shares the same father as felipe we do not know what will happen his mother catarina alonzo perez is still in guatemala and spoke to local newspaper prensa libre saying she wants her sons remains to be sent back to their home but wants her husband to be allowed to stay in the us i want them to bring my son here soon alonzo perez told prensa libre catarina gomez via ap gomez lucas said that the family had heard from their father agustin gomez throughout the journey but that stopped on dec 18 my father is suffering because of the boy but then he said he felt bad and his stomach ached gomez lucas recalled her father saying more another child dies after being taken in by us customs and border protection she told the ap that their father was dealing with a massive debt he had recently sold land and earned about 6 a day but that was not enough to support his family so he decided to take out a loan and travel to the us she said the boys mother told the ap through gomez lucas that her son was healthy when he left on the journey and she had spoken to him the day before he and his father were taken into custody by cbp officials which happened