A man extradited from Canada was arraigned on human smuggling charges

A man extradited from Canada was arraigned on human smuggling charges Thursday after a 33-year-old pregnant woman was found dead in a frigid northern New York river after she illegally crossed the border. The body of Ana Vasquez-Flores of Mexico was found in the river just south of the Canadian border on Dec. 14, two days after her husband told U.S. border agents she had crossed illegally and was lost. Searchers found footprints in the snow leading to the river, where she drowned. Augusto Uribe-Tobar, 36, is accused by federal prosecutors of smuggling Vasquez-Flores into the United States for $2,500 and instructed her to wade through the river in the dark. Tobar pleaded not guilty.  He was detained pending a trial. He is a citizen of Colombia and lives in Quebec.