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• Faraj Allah Jarjour, 68, of Laval, Quebec, Canada, passed away suddenly while vacationing in Cuba, the Associated Press reported.
There were no medical facilities nearby, his daughter said, so his body was left covered on a beach chair for more than eight hours until a car arrived to take it to Havana.
Miriam Jarjour followed the directions of the Canadian consulate and paid $10,000 to have the body returned home.
But when the casket arrived, the man inside was not her father.
Instead, it was a Russian man who was younger, had a full head of hair and tattoos. (He was returned to his family.)
Jarjour has been in touch with the Canadian consulate in Cuba, which blamed the company that coordinates such returns, and other agencies.
"I'm honestly destroyed," she said. "Up until now we have no answers." [AP, 4/22/2024]