Carmen Maldonado, 96, of Queens, died on May 18. She was supposed to be buried in Ecuador, but her body was sent to Guatemala, a lawsuit contends.

A New York City family is suing a funeral home for mistakenly sending their mother’s casket to another country for burial.

A New York City family is suing a funeral home for mistakenly sending their mother’s casket to another country for burial. Carmen Maldonado died two days after her 96th birthday. Her wish was to be buried in Ecuador next to her husband.

A family found out from a TikTok video that a New York funeral home shipped their mother’s body to the wrong country, according to a new lawsuit.

A Queens family filed a lawsuit after a funeral home allegedly sent their loved one's body to the wrong country. CBS News New York's Lisa Rozner reports.

By the time Carmen Maldonado’s remains were finally located more than two weeks later, the body was too badly decomposed for a proper open casket funeral, her family alleges

A family had to find out through TikTok that their beloved grandmother, 96, was buried in Guatemala instead of Ecuador with her husband, prompting a just lawsuit against the struggling funeral home

Carmen Maldonado's family alleges her body was sent to Guatemala instead of Ecuador in a new lawsuit against a funeral home.