Lucia Vega Jimenez
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Agency lacks oversight after border death: BCCLAThe B.C. Civil Liberties Association says the agency hasn't yet established an independent body to oversee CBSA actions.Feb 12, 2015
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Deaths in detention: CBSA’s fatal failure to learn from its mistakesGlobal News analysis of coroner's reports has found CBSA's failure to learn from its own mistakes may have contributed to more deaths.CanadaNov 5, 2014
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Frantic 911 call released at inquest into death of Lucia Jimenez at YVRThe 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
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Border officer cries at inquest into custody deathA border officer tasked with deporting a Mexican woman who hanged herself at Vancouver's airport broke down in tears at a coroner's inquest when a lawyer suggested the inmate was distressed about being sent back home.Sep 30, 2014
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Woman who killed herself feared torture in MexicoJust days before she hanged herself in December 2013, Lucia Vega Jimenez cut fruit and chatted about international Christmas traditions with inmates inside a maximum-security women's prison east of Vancouver.Sep 30, 2014
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Woman who died in CBSA custody had been kicked out beforeA 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
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Coroner’s inquest into Mexican woman’s suicide could reveal deportation processA coroner's inquest starting Monday into the death of a Mexican national who hanged herself inside a Vancouver airport holding cell offers a rare chance to examine the secretive deportation process encountered by many migrants, says an advocacy group with ties to Lucia Vega Jimenez's family.Sep 29, 2014
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Public inquest called into death of Mexican woman after she was detained at YVRThe BC Coroners Service has called a public inquest into the death of a Mexican national who died after she was detained at Vancouver International Airport.Feb 25, 2014
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