The wife of 31-year-old Bonifacio Eugenio-Romero, a Mexican migrant worker who died of COVID-19 while working on a southwestern Ontario farm has provided information about her husband for the first time since his death last month.
The wife of 31-year-old Bonifacio Eugenio-Romero, a Mexican migrant worker who died of COVID-19 while labouring on a southwestern Ontario farm last month, said her husband was a “good and caring person.”
“He was a man of values. He was humble, responsible, empathetic, generous, a person full of patience and trust in others,” said Juana Vazquez.
It’s the first time she’s provided information about her husband to Canadian media since Eugenio-Romero died May 30 in the Windsor-Essex region.
The statement to CBC News was provided by Santiago Escobar, who is representing the family and is also a national representative for United Food and Commercial Workers Canada.
He said Eugenio-Romero’s body is still in