Lucia Jimenez

• 3 years after woman’s death, Red Cross signs up to monitor CBSA detainees more often

  The Canadian Red Cross are now able to check in on people detained at the border more often to make sure their rights are not being infringed.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2017
  
• Vigil held to mark one year anniversary since the death of Lucia Jimenez

  Dozens of people gathered outside the Main Street Skytrain station on Sunday to mark one year since a Mexican woman killed herself while in the custody of the Canadian Border Services Agency

  Dec 15, 2014
  
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• Jury recommendations in case of Lucia Jimenez include self-harm proofing of bathrooms

  The jury has made their recommendations in the case of Lucia Jimenez, the Mexican national who committed suicide while awaiting deportation at YVR last December.

  Oct 8, 2014
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• Inquest into Lucia Jimenez’s death hears most security checks were not being done

  Deliberations at the coroner's inquest into the suicide of Lucia Jimenez have been delayed. She is the Mexican national who hanged herself while awaiting deportation in CBSA custody last December.

  Oct 6, 2014
• Frantic 911 call released at inquest into death of Lucia Jimenez at YVR

  The BC Coroners Service has released the 911 call made by a Genesis security officer after he discovered Lucia Vega Jimenez hanging in a shower stall at a CBSA holding cell at YVR.

  Oct 2, 2014
• More exclusive footage of CBSA holding cells where Lucia Jimenez was detained

  Global News has obtained more exclusive footage showing the holding cells at the Canadian Border Services Agency, where Lucia Jimenez was held.

  Oct 2, 2014
• Video shows 40 minute gap before Lucia Jimenez found hanging in YVR holding cell

  More than 40 minutes go by, with no one checking on Jimenez, even though the policy is that the Genesis security guards were supposed to be checking on the immigration detainees every 30 minutes.

  Oct 2, 2014
• Woman who died in CBSA custody had been kicked out before

  A Mexican woman who hanged herself inside the Vancouver airport jail while awaiting deportation had been ejected from Canada once before, a coroner's jury heard at the inquest into her death.

  Sep 29, 2014