A Mexican journalist and author who fled to Canada after reporting on cartel activities says that transnational drug traffickers from Mexico are increasingly seeing Canada as a base of operations.
Federal Mounties arrested three men in Surrey, B.C., who they say are tied to an organized crime group with links to Mexican drug cartels believed to be importing cocaine to Canada.
Cpl. Arash Seyed told reporters at a Wednesday news conference that one of the suspects is a Mexican national who had arrived in Canada legally, and two of the suspects are Canadian citizens.
While answering questions from reporters, Seyed said that Mounties had been successful in disrupting transnational crime operations while acknowledging they are seeing more activity on that front.
“Criminal organizations try to get a …