2 convicted in human smuggling case after Indian family froze to death on US-Canada border
by: MARK VANCLEAVE and MICHAEL GOLDBERG, Associated Press
Posted: Nov 22, 2024 / 04:45 PM CST
Updated: Nov 22, 2024 / 04:45 PM CST
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A jury convicted two men on Friday of charges related to human smuggling for their roles in an international operation that led to the deaths of a family of Indian migrants who froze while trying to cross the Canada-U.S. border during a 2022 blizzard.
Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, an Indian national who prosecutors say went by the alias “Dirty Harry,” and Steve Shand, 50, an American from Florida, were part of a sophisticated illegal operation that has brought increasing numbers of Indians into the U.S., prosecutors said.
They were each convicted on four counts related to human smuggling, including conspiracy to bring migrants into the country illegally.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/2-convicted-in-human-smuggling-case-after-indian-family-froze-to-death-on-us-canada-border/
