3 alleged human smugglers charged with conspiracy, RCMP says [Video]

Three men are facing conspiracy charges in Quebec after allegedly helping to smuggle temporary foreign workers across the border into the United States, the RCMP said Tuesday.

Edward Alejandro Rojas Sanchez, 24, Julian Camilo Rojas Murcia, 27, and Fernando Esparza Dominguez, 33, are charged with conspiracy to commit an offence in the United States. Two of the accused are from Montreal and one is from the city’s Laval suburb.

The police force says an investigation by the Estrie integrated border enforcement team found that the suspects allegedly conspired to bring a group of people from Montreal to an unguarded location along the border in the Montérégie region on at least one occasion.

RCMP Cpl. Martina Pillarova says the investigation began in December 2023 based on a tip from a member of the public. She says the investigation, led by the RCMP’s eastern region unit, found that a “network of suspected …