US govt agrees to release child separated from mother at border The US government agrees to release the son of a Guatemalan immigrant who was granted asylum in the US, after they were separated at the border. Darwin, the 7-year-old son of Beata Mariana de Jesus Mejia-Mejia, is currently being held in a non-profit facility in Phoenix and has been separated from his mother for more than a month. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES