Juno News - September 22, 2022Alberta RCMP charge another Coutts protester
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A Coutts border protester who made headlines last month when he was implicated in his friend s conditional release has now also been charged by the Alberta RCMP. Marco Van Huygenbos told me this week he's been charged with mischief over $5,000 stemming from his involvement with the Coutts Border Blockade.
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A Coutts border protester who made headlines last month when he was implicated in his friend's
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conditional release has now also been charged by the Alberta RCMP. Marco Van Huygenbos told me
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this week he's been charged with mischief over $5,000 stemming from his involvement with the
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Coutts border blockade. In late August, Van Huygenbos' close friend and fellow Coutts border
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protester Alex Van Huygenbos was detained by the RCMP. You guys might remember the story.
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Officers attempted to get Van Huygenbos to sign a conditional release saying he would end contact
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with Van Huygenbos. The two have been close friends for years. But that condition was dropped
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after hundreds of people showed up to the RCMP detachment to protest Van Huygenbos' detainment.
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I caught up with Van Huygenbos this week and he said he was concerned the RCMP were going to try
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something similar, especially considering they would have had more time to think about what
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happened with his friends and to strategize to make sure the same thing wouldn't happen with him.
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But he had no issues when he turned himself in on Monday to be formally charged. He said things
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went exactly as planned and noted especially that there was no condition for him to end contact
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with his friend Alex Van Huygenbos. Quote, in my mind, that was a small win. End quote.