A Quebec man who was paid to illegally smuggle a pregnant woman from Canada into the United States, in a winter plot that ended with her drowning in a freezing river near the border, has pleaded guilty in New York. Article content

The case reveals a harrowing tale of cross-border people smuggling. Article content

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Jhader Augusto Uribe-Tobar, 37, is a citizen of Colombia who was living in Quebec while advertising his people smuggling services on social media.

Miguel Mojarro-Magana, who was in the United States, saw a TikTok video advertising crossings into the United States from Canada, with instructions to contact a phone number with an area code for the suburbs around Montreal.

On Dec. 7, 2023, he texted about having his wife smuggled to join him

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