Faraj Allah Jarjour, a sixty-year-old Quebecer who died in Cuba and whoseThe family denounced the island's officials for the loss of the body when it came to repatriating it to Canada., appeared in Russia.
According to the televisionTVA News, the body of the Canadian, who died on March 22, was found in Russia, where he even had a burial.
The family of the deceased Russian had not realized that they were not the correct remains.
“At least we know where it is. It is not easy for us […] Until now I was lost, I had to look for my father's body,” he declared.Miriam, the hija of Faraj Allah Jarjour aTVA News.
Allah Jarjour died on March 22 in Cuba while on vacation in Varadero with his family. A week ago, his loved ones received the wrong body, which led to the complaint about the negligence and errors committed by the Cuban authorities and the Canadian embassy in Havana, in charge of the repatriation of his remains.
Because of this error,Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla had to come out publicly to apologize to the Canadian government and Faraj's family..
Rodríguez Parrilla personally communicated his apologies to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada,Melanie Joly, describing the incident as an "unfortunate mistake."
Cuban authorities have promised a full investigation to prevent such errors from occurring again in the future, but this is not the first time that situations of this type have occurred in the country.
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