(Seattle, WA) -- An Oregon man is among two people being charged in connection with a human smuggling operation. Police arrested 45-year-old Jesus Ortiz-Plata of Independence and 35-year-old Juan Pablo Cueller Medina of Everett, Washington late last week in Everett. They're accused of helping people sneak into the U.S. from Canada by hiding in railroad freight cars. Border Patrol has been investigating the transfer of people in freight cars since late 2022, and a phone number linked to Ortiz-Plata kept coming up. Last week, federal agents tracked Ortiz-Plata's cell phone to an apartment in Everett, where he and Medina were found along with three non-U.S. citizens. All five people were arrested.