New York State authorities are requesting the extradition of a Colombian living in Quebec, in connection with the death of a migrant who was trying to cross from Canada to the United States last December.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York has charged Jhader Aguusto Uribe-Tobar, 35, with conspiracy to commit alien smuggling and alien smuggling for financial gain, all two resulting in death.
Ana Karen Vasquez-Flores, 33, who was pregnant, was found in the Great Chazy River near Champlain on December 14. Two days earlier, her husband had alerted a U.S. Border Patrol agent that she had not come out of the woods as expected.
US authorities say Jhader Aguusto Uribe-Tobar advertised his services on TikTok, under a pseudonym, and charged the woman and her husband $2,500 to guide her by text message as she crossed the border alone.
In response to the extradition request, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) arrested Mr. Uribe-Tobar at his home in Saint-Hyacinthe, in Montérégie, at the end of December.
He appeared at the Montreal courthouse on December 28 and is expected to return to court on January 12.
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