The family of a Laval resident who died in Cuba receives the body of a stranger

Relatives of a man who died in Cuba last month during a trip have had no news of his body after authorities repatriated to Canada the body of an unknown Russian in place of the deceased.

Faraj Allah Jarjour was traveling with his family to the beaches of Varadero, Cuba, when he suffered a heart attack while swimming in the sea.

After his relatives had completed all the formalities and paid $10,000 for his repatriation to Canada, Mr. Jarjour’s body was to arrive on April 19 in Montreal, his daughter Miriam told the show All one morningon ICI Première.

Taken care of by a funeral home, the body was transported to a laboratory to be prepared and embalmed. However, it was at this moment that the employees had doubts about the identity of the body by comparing the remains to a photo sent by his relatives.

: “Does your father have hair?”, he said no. They said “Does your dad have any tattoos?”, he said no. Afterwards, they said that the body they received is not my father’s body”,”text”:”My brother received a call and they said: “Does your father have any hair?”, he said no. They said “Does your dad have any tattoos?”, he said no. Afterwards, they said that the body they received is not my father’s body”}}”>My brother got a call and they said, “Does your dad have hair?”, he said no. They said “Does your dad have any tattoos?”, he said no. Afterwards, they said that the body they received is not my father’s bodysaid Ms. Jarjour.

In addition to having hair and tattoos, the person repatriated to Montreal was younger than Mr. Jarjour by around twenty years, specifies his daughter.

It was in fact the body of a Russian citizen who was repatriated to Russia by Russian consular services.

The documents were those of his father, but the body was not his, it was that of a Russian.

As for Mr. Jarjour, his body remains untraceable, to the great dismay of his relatives who have turned to consular services and the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for assistance.

First, the family turned to consular case management who organized, at a cost of $10,000, the repatriation of the remains. They were the ones who paid a company to transfer the body called Assis Tour.

: “it’s not our responsibility, it’s that of the company. But by email, they told me:”we will check with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs”, and so far I have had no response. I just want to know where my father is.”,”text”:”They told us: “it’s not our responsibility, it’s the company’s. But by email, they told me: “we’ll check with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs”, and so far I haven’t had any response. I just want to know where my father is.”}}”>.They told us: “it’s not our responsibility, it’s that of the company. But by email, they told me: “we’ll check with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs”, and so far I don’t I got no response. I just want to know where my father is.

It is also impossible to speak to Assis Tour in Cuba, relates Miriam Jarjour, who also does not speak Spanish.

I am honestly shocked, exhausted, destroyed. I don’t know if we’re going to find my father’s body or not.

The body left on the beach for eight hours

In addition to being a most painful ordeal for the family, Mr. Jarjour’s death proved to be a real nightmare for his loved ones in Cuba.

Indeed, after being brought back to the beach by his relatives who found that he was dead. The already shocked family contacted local authorities for assistance, but no immediate help was provided, Jarjour said.

His father’s body lay on a beach chair covered with a sheet for more than eight hours (3:30 p.m. to midnight) before morgue workers came to pick him up around midnight with a car, not even a car. ambulance or funeral van.

As there were only two seats in the vehicle, no family member was able to accompany the remains to Havana, where they were transported.

This was the last time Mr. Jarjour’s relatives saw the remains.