Three men in Quebec have been charged with helping to smuggle people into Canada from the United States. During two separate incidents last year, the men were intercepted near the U.S. border, allegedly waiting to pick up migrants who had crossed illegally. Investigations revealed their alleged involvement in multiple border-related cases.
MONTREAL — The RCMP say three men in Quebec have been charged for helping to smuggle people into Canada from the United States.
Muhammet Akca, 41, is charged with conspiring to facilitate the illegal crossing of several people in 2024 and is scheduled to appear in court in Valleyfield, Que., on March 3. Adrian Jose Herrera Tabares, 34, and Frangeli Coromoto Guzman Espinoza, 28, are facing charges under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and are scheduled to appear in court on April 25.
Pillarova said the subsequent investigation revealed that Akca was allegedly involved in four other border-related cases between January and April 2024. He was charged on Jan. 13. The other passenger is still under investigation. Tabares and Espinoza were arrested on Nov. 15 in a vehicle in Franklin, Que., just south of Ormstown. They were apprehended after cameras along the border detected two migrants crossing illegally into Canada in the area. The two men had allegedly been planning to pick them up.
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