A father still left waiting

A Guatemalan man says his 6-year-old son feared he was dead after US authorities separated the pair after they entered the country.

Hermelindo Che Coc, 31, said in Los Angeles that they were split up after crossing into Texas in May. He says authorities told him he would be detained and his son was sent to a shelter in New York. Che Coc says he signed some papers and was released with an ankle monitor.

He says he left his country to seek a safer environment for his son and prays he will soon get him back. Che Coc cried before a check-in with immigration authorities, fearing he would be deported. His lawyer says he was given an appointment to return in October. —AP