3rd Man Gets Prison Time for Trying to Smuggle People From Canada Into North Dakota

The American and Canadian flags fly at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing in Windsor, Ont., Canada, on Feb. 9, 2022. Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images

FARGO, N.D.—A New Jersey man has been sentenced to a year-and-a-half in federal prison for trying to smuggle people from Mexico across the U.S.–Canada border into North Dakota.

Jose Gonzalez-Resendiz, 41, was sentenced Monday, becoming the third man sentenced in the scheme. On July 13, Armando De Dios-Carrillo received a two-year sentence, and Victor Manuel Perez-Aguilera was sentenced to 18 months. All three men pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to transport people into the United States illegally.