Wife of Washington fisherman who died in Alaska denied entry to U.S. for his funeral

Adriana Gonzalez, the Mexican wife of 36-year-old fisherman Vincent Short, says U.S. federal authorities twice denied her entry to the United States to attend his funeral in Poulsbo, Washington. Short died July 30 after falling from a commercial fishing boat’s mast while working in Akutan, Alaska, according to Alaska’s Public Safety Department. The Coast Guard is investigating. Gonzalez planned to attend an open-casket service Aug. 22, then bring his cremated ashes back to Ensenada, Mexico, to reunite him with their three children. She requested an emergency visa interview at the U.S. Consulate General in Tijuana but received a denial list without clear explanation.