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UPDATE: The woman has now been identified as Lucia Vega Jiménez.

New details are starting emerge about her death, but many questions remain.

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The B.C. Coroners Service is investigating after a 42-year-old woman died after being taken into custody by the Canada Border Services Agency at Vancouver International Airport.

The woman, who is not a Canadian citizen, was taken into custody as a “short-term detainee.” No further details were provided.



Barb McClintock with the B.C. Coroners Service says the woman was being held in a holding cell at YVR on Dec. 20 when she went into medical distress.

She was rushed to Mount St. Joseph hospital but died a week later.

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“She was just too unwell and she passed away on Dec. 28 at the hospital.”

McClintock says the investigation is in its preliminary stages and a cause of death has not yet been determined.