Plattsburgh, NY – An extradited man from Canada was prosecuted for human smuggling positions on Thursday in the case of a 33 -year -old pregnant woman found dead in a Frigid river in northern New York after she illegally crossed the border, according to federal authorities.
The body of Ana Vásquez-Flores of Mexico was found in the great Chazy River, just south of the Canadian border on December 14, 2023, two days after her husband told us to the border agents that she had crossed illegally and that It was lost. The search engines found traces in the snow that lead to the river, where it drowned, according to federal authorities.
The death of Vásquez-Flores arrived in the middle A frame of people Crossing New York and New England from Canada. The incident became an example of the dangers that migrants face trekking through the forest landscape already often snowed along the border between the United States.
Jhader Augusto Uribar, 36, is accused by federal prosecutors to smuggle Vásquez-Flores in the United States for $ 2,500 and instruct him to pass through the river in the dark.
Uribe-Tobar declared himself innocent of federal smuggling and conspiracy positions to commit an alien smuggling. He was arrested waiting for a trial. Prosecutors say he is a citizen of Colombia and lives in Quebec, Canada.
“This tragedy highlights the dangers of illegal migration and how, as it alleges, the smugglers deliberately put people in danger,” said US fiscal prosecutor Carla Freedman in a prepared statement.
The Federal Public Defender of Uribe-Tobar declined to comment on an email.
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