RCMP charge 3 suspected human smugglers as Canada promises border crackdown [Video]

Three men from Quebec are facing conspiracy charges after allegedly helping to smuggle people 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 U.S.

Two of the men are from Montreal and one is from the suburb of Laval.

The men allegedly conspired to transport a group of people from Montreal to an unguarded location on the Canada-U.S. border, on at least one occasion, according to the RCMP. 

The investigation by the RCMP’s Estrie integrated border enforcement team began in December 2023 and was based on a tip from the public, said Cpl. Martina Pillarova with the RCMP’s communications office. 

“Temporary foreign workers were dealing with a network of suspected smugglers in order to help them cross illegally to the United States,” said …