accused of illegally smuggling several migrants from the United States into Canada through his border town property is claiming he was an informant for U.S.
immigration officials, who allegedly knew of his activities for years.Robert Boule was charged last year with multiple counts of human smuggling.
His bed and breakfast, dubbed Smuggler’s Inn, sits just steps away from the U.S.-Canada border in Blaine, Wash., at an unfenced portion of Zero Avenue near South Surrey, B.C.
Court documents outline details in case of U.S. man accused of helping migrants enter B.C. While that case is winding its way through the Canadian courts, Global News has obtained documents from a civil case in U.S.