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Vega Jimenez: Vancouver International Airport

Vancouver International Airport: Lucia Vega Jimenez was taken into custody at Vancouver International Airport last month. BC Coroners Service confirmed Wednesday that the 42-year-old was rushed to the hospital Dec. 20 after she was found hanging in a shower stall at the airport's immigration holding centre, according to Huffington Post. News of Vega Jimenez's death surfaced in media reports this week, prompting civil liberties activists to question why did not disclose information about the death sooner and Many questions remain surrounding the death of a Mexican woman who had been held by Canada Border Services Agency at Vancouver's airport, and the agency is revealing few answers. Vega Jimenez was removed from life support a week later with her family present, Coroner Barb McLintock said in a written release. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.