LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A husband is grieving and annoyed after he claims america will not let him enter the nation to settle his spouse’s affairs following her loss of life.
Claudia Vega Nava, 41, died of wounds she suffered in a automotive crash over the Fourth of July vacation, in accordance with the Clark County Coroner’s Workplace.
Her husband, Evaristo Vega, lives in Tijuana, Mexico.
“She was everything to us. She was everything to us. She basically became the head of the family, you know? Because I moved here,” Vega mentioned.
The crash occurred on Saturday, July 5, close to Moapa, closing the far proper northbound lanes of the I-15 close to the Valley of Fireplace exit.
Claudia Vega Nava, 41, died of wounds she suffered in a automotive crash over the Fourth of July vacation, in accordance with the Clark County Coroner’s Workplace. (Evaristo Vega)
Claudia Vega Nava, 41, died of wounds she suffered in a automotive crash over the Fourth of July vacation, in accordance with the Clark County Coroner’s Workplace. (Evaristo Vega)
Claudia Vega Nava, 41, died of wounds she suffered in a automotive crash over the Fourth of July vacation, in accordance with the Clark County Coroner’s Workplace. (Evaristo Vega)
Vega realized that his spouse and one other individual in that automobile had been critically damage. He mentioned she labored at a warehouse in Las Vegas.
“She was in a bad condition. She suffered a very bad accident and very bad injury on the brain,” Vega mentioned.
The Clark County Coroner’s Workplace confirmed to eight Information Now that Vega Nava died three days after the crash at UMC Hospital. The style and trigger are pending at the moment.
Evaristo Vega’s subsequent step is to get his spouse’s physique out of the Clark County Coroner’s Workplace for a burial. Nonetheless, the issue is he cannot cross the border.
Vega mentioned he self-deported from america in 2017 to Mexico and was ready for the 10-year ban to be over earlier than he may begin the method of making use of to enter. He was solely two years away.
“I was trying to do anything. Anything to go see her, to be with my kids, you know? I wasn’t trying to do anything illegal,” Vega mentioned.
Vega mentioned his utility for an emergency visa by means of america embassy in Tijuana was denied.
For now, all he can do is pray the embassy adjustments its thoughts as he plans to reapply.
