Survivor of deadly trip across Canada-US border expected to testify in human smuggling trial
Prosecutors allege Indian national Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, and 50-year-old Steve Shand put financial profit over human life when they attempted to smuggle Indian migrants across the border into Minnesota over a five-week period. They say Patel ran ...
Prosecutors say 2 men prioritized money over human life leading to deaths of Indian family
Federal prosecutors say two men put financial profit over human life when they attempted to smuggle a couple from India and their two young children across the U.S.-Canada border in heavy snow, leadin
Trial Begins in Human Smuggling Case of Family Who Froze to Death at Border
Two men are set to stand trial almost three years after an Indian family of four froze to death attempting to cross the Canadian-U.S. border.
Attorney for one man charged in migrant family’s death on Canada-Minnesota border says he was duped
Shand and Patel were indicted in Minnesota for conspiracy to transport and bring unauthorized immigrants to the U.S., causing serious bodily injury and placing lives in jeopardy and attempted transportation and aiding and abetting transportation of aliens for commercial advantage and private financial gain.
Jury seated in human smuggling case involving deaths of Indian family at Canada-US border
Federal prosecutors plan to argue at a Minnesota trial that two men were part of a criminal network stretching from India to Canada that smuggled families seeking better lives in the United States.
Enforcement officers expected to testify as human smuggling trial continues
Law enforcement officers are expected to testify as the trial continues for two men accused of human smuggling at the Canada-US border.
Human smuggling trial of Florida men begins after Indian family's freezing death near Canada border
Nearly three years after a couple from India and their two young children froze to death while trying to cross the border from Canada into the U.S., two Central Florida men will face trial on human smuggling charges,
Two men put profit over lives by smuggling Indian family across Canada border, say US prosecutors
US prosecutors alleged on Monday that two men prioritised financial gain over human life in a smuggling attempt that led to the death of an Indian family of four crossing the US-Canada border during a severe winter storm.
Trial starts for deaths of Indian migrants smuggled into US
A federal trial involving two men accused of smuggling Indian migrants to their deaths into the U.S. began today in Minnesota, InForum reports. Authorities discovered the scheme after a migrant family — including two children — was found dead near the Canada-U.
Human smuggling trial begins for 2 men after family died crossing Manitoba-U.S. border
A jury in Fergus Falls, Minn., heard opening statements Monday in the trial of Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel, who face offences related to human smuggling in the deaths of four family members — including two children — who were found frozen in Manitoba near the Canada-U.
Jury selection begins in human smuggling case after deaths of Indian family at Canada-US border
Nearly three years after a couple from India and their two young children froze to death while trying to cross the border from Canada into the U.S., two men have gone on trial in Minnesota on human sm
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Photos of Indian family who froze to death crossing U.S.-Canadian border at issue in human smuggling trial
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Two men, Harshkumar Patel and Steve Shand, face numerous ...
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Opening statements delivered in federal human smuggling trial in northern Minnesota
The family froze to death in a snowstorm in January 2022 after getting separated from a larger group trying to cross ...
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Trial underway for deadly Canadian border smuggling scheme
Jury selection started Monday. Harshkumar Patel, 29, an Indian national, and Steve Shand, 50, of Florida, are both facing ...
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Jury Selection Began For Human Smuggling Case
and undated photo released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows Steve Shand. (AP Photo) FERGUS FALLS, ...