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FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2011, file photo, a marker indicates the official border between the United States and Canada in Richford, Vt. A document filed on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in federal court in Burlington, Vt., said taxi businessman Alaa Abdulsalam Arif, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Essex Junction, Vt., has been charged with human smuggling along the border between Richford and Berkshire, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Vermont man charged in human smuggling case on Canada border

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