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Canada Border Services Agency and Lucia Vega Jimenez

Lucia Vega Jimenez: Lucia Vega Jimenez, 42, was found in a shower stall in a holding cell at the airport on Dec. 20, and she died in hospital on Dec. 28, though the case didn't come to light until details surfaced in media reports in late January, according to Huffington Post. Coroners service spokeswoman Barb McLintock said the agency decided to hold an inquest in large part because the incident that led to Jimenez's death occurred while she was in custody and A coroner's jury will examine what happened when a Mexican woman died after hanging herself while in custody of border agents at Vancouver's airport, the B.C. Coroners Service announced Tuesday. Jimenez's suicide raised questions about how the Canada Border Services Agency handled the woman's case, and several advocacy groups have called for an independent investigation, ranging from a coroner's inquest to a full-scale public inquiry. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.