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Man arrested for deadly immigrant smuggling operation that killed Romanian family of four and his own brother

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A dual USCanadian citizen was arrested last month for his alleged role in an attempt to smuggle a Romanian family of four into the United States which left them dead including two young children Timothy Oakes 34 from the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation AMIR in Canada was arrested on June 15 while trying to enter the US via the Massena New York port of entry the Justice Department said He is charged with conspiring with others to engage in alien smuggling four counts of alien smuggling for profit and four counts of alien smuggling resulting in death He appeared in a federal court on Tuesday and was ordered held HUMAN SMUGGLERS SENTENCED IN HORRIFIC TEXAS TRUCK DEATHS OF 53 MIGRANTS His USbased coconspirators Dakota Montour 31 and Kawisiiostha Celecia Sharrow 43 both of AkwesasneMohawk New York and Janet Terrance 45 of Hogansburg New York have all entered guilty pleas Oakes and his coconspirators profited from a human smuggling operation with a singular coldhearted aim making money by bringing illegal aliens into the United States regardless of the danger to human life involved said Matthew Galeotti head of the Justice Departments Criminal Division Their greed resulted in the deaths of a mother a father and two small children as well as one of the defendants own brothers Oakes smuggled illegal immigrants from Canada into northern New York using boats to get across the St Lawrence River federal prosecutors said KNIFEWIELDING ILLEGAL MIGRANT ACCUSED OF THREATENING US ATTORNEY ON ALBANY NY STREETS He earned 1000 per person authorities said In March 2023 Oakes housed a Romanian family of four together with other aliens for about 24 hours before allegedly taking them on his boat in an attempt to illegally bring them into the US Oakes his brother Casey and the Romanian family were on the vessel when it capsized killing the family including two children under the age of 3 and his brother Two toddleraged children and their parents were the tragic victims of an alien smuggling attempt gone horribly wrong said Chief Patrol Agent Robert Garcia of the US Border Patrols Swanton Sector Their deaths were a direct result of callous smugglers who exploited the vulnerable CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Terrance Montour and Sharrow admitted in their plea agreements that they were employed to illegally transport the Romanian family a mother father 1yearold boy and 2yearold girl from Canada into New York Montour admitted that he was aware of the dangerous weather conditions on the day of the smuggling attempt high winds freezing temperatures and limited visibility the Justice Department said

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