{"id":790479,"date":"2026-05-12T06:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/790479\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T06:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:27:15","slug":"wake-held-for-kevin-gonzalez-cancer-patient-born-in-chicago-in-durango-mexico-after-reuniting-with-parents-detained-by-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/790479\/","title":{"rendered":"Wake held for Kevin Gonzalez, cancer patient born in Chicago, in Durango, Mexico after reuniting with parents detained by ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Gonzalez diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer, parents held in custody in Arizona after trying to cross border to say goodbye<\/p>\n

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team \"WLS<\/p>\n

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:25AM<\/p>\n

\"Wake<\/p>\n

CHICAGO (WLS) — A wake was held on Monday in Durango, Mexico for Chicago-born teenager Kevin Gonzalez.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old died from colon cancer<\/a> on Sunday, just hours after reuniting with his family<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n

Gonzalez’s story made international headlines last week.<\/p>\n

His parents were detained in Arizona while trying to cross into the U.S. illegally to be with their dying son in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Kevin then went to Mexico in hopes of being reunited with them. That happened on Saturday after the Department of Homeland Security released his parents.<\/p>\n

Gonzalez will be buried on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Gonzalez diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer, parents held in custody in Arizona after trying to cross…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":790480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[322831,960,5462,6005,322829,5410,5386,1818,322824,322827,322828,322826,322830,17296,322825],"class_list":{"0":"post-790479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-322831","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-news","11":"tag-colon-cancer","12":"tag-durango-mexico","13":"tag-ice","14":"tag-il","15":"tag-illinois","16":"tag-kevin-gonzalez","17":"tag-kevin-gonzalez-cancer","18":"tag-kevin-gonzalez-durango","19":"tag-kevin-gonzalez-story","20":"tag-stage-4-colon-cancer","21":"tag-us-immigration","22":"tag-us-mexico"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116560189721982874","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}