Two Canadian Men Found Guilty on Terrorism Charges
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Kuzma/iStock/Thinkstock(TORONTO) — Two Canadian men accused of planning the derailment of a Toronto to New York passenger train were found guilty on terrorism charges Friday.
Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier were caught when Canadian authorities brought an undercover FBI agent to pose as a wealthy Arab-American willing to finance jihadi attacks. The agent recorded conversations where the pair discussed how to blow up a rail bridge.
Jurors found Esseghaier guilty on all counts, and Jaser on all but one, CBC News reports. They were unable to agree on a verdict on the final charge against Jaser.
Jaser’s lawyer argued in court that his client was a con man targeting a wealthy American, not a terrorist planning an attack.
The two men were arrested in April 2013. At the time, a statement from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said that the plan was in the planning stage, but was not “imminent.”
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