The Canadian Bazaar
TORONTO: One more member of South American Theft Groups (SATGs), who enter Canada fraudulently to commit thefts, has been convicted.
The guilty is a Colombian national who has been convicted by the Montreal courthouse for misrepresenting his identity to obtain electronic travel authorizations (ETAs) to enter Canada.
He joins eleven other men and two women from Colombia and three men from Peru who have been convicted for similar infractions.
After entering Canada, most of them committed thefts when they broke and entered homes and businesses.
The Canadian Border Services Agency said two of the accused individuals – Alexander Villamizar Ruiz, and Ricardo Alfonso Mora Parada – returned to Canada illegally using a false identity after being deported from Canada
They face jail sentences up to 14 years.
