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Alberta RCMP reviewing whether COVID-19 death of meat-plant worker was criminal
Jan 11, 2021 | 11:58 AM
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CALGARY, AB– RCMP in Alberta are reviewing whether the COVID-19 death of a worker at a Cargill meat-packing plant last spring is a criminal matter.
Cpl. Tammy Keibel, district media relations officer for southern Alberta, one of the worker’s family members dropped off an information package at the RCMP’s High River detachment south of Calgary on Friday.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401 says Benito Quesada’s family took a courageous step by asking police to investigate Cargill for criminal negligence.
Quesada, a 51-year-old shop steward with the union, was one of two workers at Cargill’s plant near High River to die from COVID-19 when the virus infected nearly half of 2,200 employees.
