A jogger, Cedella Roman, 19, was jailed for two weeks in the U.S. for accidentally crossing the border from Canada, while she was out jogging.
Roman, who lives in France, had been visiting her mother in nearby North Delta, British Columbia. During Roman’s run, she was admiring the scenery when she unwittingly crossed the border from Canada into the United States, reports Washington Post.
The demarcation line between the two countries, it turns out, is only about three miles down the coast from White Rock’s popular wooden pier.
Roman told CBC News she hadn’t seen any signs indicating she was about to cross into the United States but that two U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers approached her shortly after she accidentally left Canada.
“An officer stopped me and started telling me I had crossed the border illegally,” Roman told the news site. “I told him I had…
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