Freedom Convoy Extremists: Mayor says the suspects were 'outsiders' who were 'not part of the blockade'

Four of the suspects have been charged with conspiring to murder Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers -- though the mayor of Coutts claims the suspects are all 'outsiders' who were not part of the border blockade.

Mendicino claimed that several of the individuals at Coutts have strong ties to a far-right extreme organization with leaders who are in Ottawa.

'What we're beginning to see emerge now are the hallmarks of a sophisticated and capable organization of a small number of individuals, but with a steel resolve, driven by an extreme ideology that would seek to create to overthrow the existing government,' he said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday invoked the little-used Emergencies Act, giving the Liberal government extraordinary powers to end the protest.