CP NewsAlert: Jury finds men guilty of human smuggling in case of frozen family

By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press on November 22, 2024.

Jagdish Patel, 39; his wife Vaishaliben Patel, 37; their 11-year-old daughter, Vihangi; and their three-year-old son, Dharmik, are shown in a handout photo. A jury has started deliberating in the trial of two men accused of human smuggling at the border between Manitoba and Minnesota. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Amritbhai Vakil **MANDATORY CREDIT**

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – A jury has found two men guilty on all charges related to human smuggling in a case where a family from India froze to death in Manitoba while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border.

Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel have each been convicted on four counts.

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