A 19-year-old French woman spent two weeks in prison in the United States after having crossed, without realizing it, the border with Canada, during a jog.
It’s a jog that she will not forget anytime soon. While visiting her mother’s home in western Canada, a 19-year-old French woman spent two weeks in detention at a detention center in the United States. During her jog she had crossed the border without realizing it.
Cedella Roman has told her story on CBC . She reports that the incident took place in White Rock on May 21st, a city in British Columbia (Canada), on the border of the US state of Washington.
A jogger who accidentally crossed U.S. border from B.C. was detained for two weeks.
So began a two-week nightmare that landed her in a prison jumpsuit.https://t.co/o2jgRlM77Z pic.twitter.com/YfRiZUjzyX
— CBC British Columbia (@cbcnewsbc) June 23, 2018
No identity paper on it
Once she arrived, she was able to call her mother, who was there with her daughter’s passport and student visa. The US authorities then stated that the documents had to be checked by the Canadian authorities, forcing the young woman to stay in the center for two weeks before she could return to Canada.See the border between Canada and the United States, crossed by the Frenchwoman:
