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He had this at the hospital.

That was all that wasn’t.

These have been difficult weeks at the Díaz family home, a house that was looking forward with great happiness to the arrival of Lix André.

His birth was going to be a source of great joy, but weeks before his arrival into this world, his father, Lix Alberto Díaz Carrasco, was intercepted by ICE agents right outside his home.

Lix Alberto Díaz Carrasco spoke to Telemundo News from the ICE detention center.

My door was forced open, and then they began arresting me violently.

Melisa, seven months pregnant, witnessed the arrest, and according to her complaint, was threatened and pushed by the federal agents.

They pushed me and hit my arms.

Did you tell them you were pregnant?

Yes, of course, my belly was already big.

Alberto, who has no criminal record according to his family, was the sole provider.

His pregnant wife was left in charge of their five children and was deeply shaken by the incident.

She says that in the following days, she started feeling unwell and was hospitalized in an emergency.

He told me the baby was dead.

I asked why and he said the baby had suffered from extreme stress.

All she has now are the few belongings of the baby, whose remains are currently in this building, waiting for the family to pay for funeral services.

All I’m asking is that you please give me the chance to leave.

The Department of Homeland Security told Telemundo News that Alberto Díaz had been previously arrested in July 2019 for illegally crossing the country and remains detained awaiting deportation proceedings, but they did not comment on the alleged physical contact between their agents and the pregnant woman.

Now the family is seeking help from the Honduran government to bury the baby they had hoped for so much while their father remains detained.

Francisco Cuevas, Telemundo News.