Vermont officials investigating after man dies crossing border from Quebec
CTV
Vermont State Police are investigating after a man collapsed and died shortly after crossing the border into the United States from Quebec on foot last week. U.S. border patrol agents spotted Jose Leos Cervantes, 45, and two other people crossing the border into Holland, Vt., at about 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 19, Detective Trooper Jason Danielsen said in a news release.
Vermont State Police are investigating after a man collapsed and died shortly after crossing the border into the United States from Quebec on foot last week.
U.S. border patrol agents spotted Jose Leos Cervantes, 45, and two other people crossing the border into Holland, Vt., at about 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 19, Detective Trooper Jason Danielsen said in a news release.
"When Border Patrol agents responded and encountered the men, Leos Cervantes collapsed, while the other two men ran back toward Canada. Agents reported that they immediately provided first aid including CPR to Leos Cervantes," Danielsen said.
Leos Cervantes, originally from Aguascalientes, Mexico, was then taken to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Police said his death is not considered suspicious and that an autopsy showed no signs of trauma.
In court documents, Border Patrol Agent Brian Wilda said Leos Cervantes "was clutching a tree and appeared to be in distress," at the time he was found.
A 31-year-old Ecuadorian woman who had been living in Connecticut was charged last week with unlawfully attempting to transport three individuals within the United States following Leos Cervantes' death.
