Shower Stall: Lucia Vega Jimenez

Lucia Vega Jimenez: Lucia Vega Jimenez, 42, was found hanging in a shower stall and rushed to hospital on Dec. 20. She died a week later when she was removed from life support with her family present, according to The Star. Her death was not made public until this week. It has triggered a firestorm of criticism over the lack of accountability of the border agency , with many advocates calling for the establishment of an independent civilian oversight mechanism and Refugee advocates are calling for civilian oversight of the Canada Border Services Agency after a Mexican woman who had been working in a hotel died in hospital following her detention in the immigration holding centre at Vancouver airport. Jimenez had been picked up in Vancouver on a transit fare violation and was handed over to the border agency for deportation . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.