My G/F of over 4 years got a phone call this morning from her mom in Mexico, where they are missionaries. Her dad was having some pain lately and had seen a doctor, had some tests, and unfortunately this morning, it looks like he had a major stroke and passed away. They had just arrived at the hospital because he was having pain again this morning and had some convulsions. We will most likely be bringing his remains here to Florida to be buried, and I'm wondering if anyone has any kind of experience with shipping remains into the US, who do we contact about doing this, and approximate costs. Any kind of information is appreciated. Things are very much up in the air as this just happened a few hours ago, but decisions must be made.

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Sorry about that, wow.
Concentrate on caring for your family and go one step at a time.
Nobody has a choice in where they check out.
Be supportive and roll with it.
That's all I have.

Contact the US Embassy.  They will help you.

My condolences. Contact a funeral home. They should know the procedure to get his remains home.

Very sorry for your/your girlfriend's loss.  

I would start with local funeral home.  Tell them where the remains are and have them assist you with the paperwork and process.  They do this for a living, so they will know the procedure.

As far as price, you are looking at cost of air frieght to ship remains.  Could very well be several thousand.  Im sure the Mexican officials will require some sort of fee as well.  

Best of luck.

Condolences, OTOH contact a cartel, Profit $$$.

I'm sorry for your loss. The family is in my prayers.

A coworker of mine's father died in the far east last year (where he lived part of the time). Contact the US Embassy as they will provide assistance, including a death certificate.

Go here on the State Department's website for more information.

US Customs will not provide any trouble if you bring an embalmed body or ashes in a proper container back to the US. On an odd side note, human remains are duty free.

Sorry for your loss, prayers out to you and girlfriend.  May God Bless.

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Sorry, OP. That's awful. What kind of pain was he having and where?

Thank you everyone. I'll pass this along. Unfortunately her mom is down there with no family now to help, but they have a large network of friends from the 35 years they've been there.

This morning he had a headache, and then the seizing, and over the last few days, he was having pain in his chest and legs. They did have tests done, but they came back fine, and he is not one to complain about things. A possible heart attack was suspected over the last few days due to the chest pains, but with what happened this morning, I guess they have determined it was a stroke. We got a 15 second phone call just a few moments after her mom was told by the doctor that he was gone, so details are scarce right now. I don't use the Facebook much, so I hadn't really been keeping up on it, no one thought it was anything very serious. He was only 61 I believe. My g/fs grandma will be 99 in January, everyone who answered the phone when we called them said they thought it was grandma who passed.

Sorry for your loss...