Priest alleges Mexican victim’s family signed confidentiality agreement
By David P. Ball, 24 hours Vancouver Tuesday, January 28, 2014 6:30:56 PST PM
The sister of a Lucia Vega Jimenez, a Mexican woman who died in Canada Border Services Agency custody Dec. 28, alleged she signed a confidentiality agreement with authorities, according to the priest who visited the unconscious woman before she was taken off life support. Rev. Eduardo Quintero, of Vancouver’s Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, administered last rites to Jimenez in Mount Saint Joseph Hospital, and also confirmed two other sources’ reports the 42-year-old committed suicide in detention. “She was unconscious when I visited her in the hospital,†Quintero told 24 hours. “She was brought to the airport, then at a certain point she hung herself.†According to Quintero, Jimenez’s sister Martha told him of an alleged non-disclosure agreement with authorities, but gave few details. He reported Jimenez was a hotel worker initially arrested over an unpaid bus fare, before she was taken into CBSA custody at the airport.
