Wrong body returned from Cuba to Quebec family after father dies on vacation
- A family in Quebec is searching for answers after their father's remains were not returned from Cuba, with a younger man's body arriving instead.
- Jarjour's father died in Cuba while on vacation, leading her to pay $10,000 for his return but receiving the body of a younger Russian man with hair and tattoos.
- Global Affairs Canada is collaborating with Cuban authorities and the family to address the situation.
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Canadian family receives wrong body after father died on Cuban vacation
LAVAL, Quebec (AP) — A family in Quebec is searching for answers after discovering that their father’s remains didn’t make it to Canada from Cuba, where he died while on vacation, and instead received the remains of another man. Funerals for Faraj Allah Jarjour were scheduled for Sunday and Monday. Instead, his daughter Miriam Jarjour […]

Wrong body returned from Cuba to Quebec family after father dies on vacation
MONTREAL — A Montreal-area woman is asking Canadian authorities to help locate her father's body in Cuba after a devastating mix-up that saw her family receive a stranger's remains instead.
Wrong body returned from Cuba to Quebec family after father dies on vacation
MONTREAL — A Montreal-area woman is asking Canadian authorities to help locate her father’s body in Cuba after a devastating mix-up that saw her family receive a stranger’s remains instead. Miriam Jarjour says she was swimming with her 68-year-old father in the ocean near Varadero on March 22 when he suddenly had a heart attack […]
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