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Cbsa Agent: Torre Lawyer

cbsa agent: Handfield immediately filed an appeal with the CBSA agent who ordered the deportation and was told a decision will be made by Monday or Tuesday, according to Brandon Sun. Torre pleaded guilty in 1996 in a cocaine conspiracy case involving Montreal Cotroni crime family and served part of his nine-year sentence in prison. The Canada Border Services Agency told Michele Torre, 64, he'll be deported to his native Italy on Sept. 16."They already have a plane ticket," Torre lawyer, Stephane Handfield, said in an interview, adding Ottawa only began deportation proceedings in 2013. His daughter, Nellie, 38, broke into tears during a phone interview describing how her father will be leaving behind his ailing wife, three children and six grandchildren behind. One day, his bosses told Torre to go and pick up a package they said was coffee, she added."He only found out three days later why he got arrested," she said. "It was a set-up. She says Torre worked as a cook in a Montreal cafe in 1992 before it was bought by organized crime members in 1994. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.