Gujarati Family Froze At Border: Harsh Patel On Trial For Human Smuggling
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The tragic deaths of a Gujarati family attempting to cross the U.S.-Canada border have taken center stage as the trial for Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, and his alleged accomplice, Steve Shand, 50, began in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Both men, accused of operating a human smuggling network, have pleaded not guilty.
Trial begins in human smuggling case after freezing deaths of Indian family near Pembina border crossing
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 and bone-chilling winds, leading to the family freezing to death,
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.
Survivor of deadly trip across Canada-US border expected to testify in human smuggling trial
An Indian migrant who survived a deadly trek across the Canada-U.S. border in blizzard conditions is expected to testify Tuesday in the federal trial of two men accused of taking part in a sprawling human smuggling scheme that ultimately killed a family of four.
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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.
Human smuggling trial of Florida men begins after Indian family's freezing death near Canada border
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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 to Begin in Human Smuggling Case After Freezing 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
Jury seated in human smuggling case involving deaths of Indian family at Canada-US border
Nearly three years after a family from India froze to death while trying to cross the border from Canada, two men have gone on trial in Minnesota.
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
Prosecutors say accused human smugglers put profit over human life, leading to Indian family's freezing deaths
India and their two young children across the U.S.-Canada border in heavy snow and bone-chilling winds, leading to the family ...
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Photos of Indian family who froze to death crossing U.S.-Canadian border at issue in human smuggling trial
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Opening statements delivered in federal human smuggling trial in northern Minnesota
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Trial underway for deadly Canadian border smuggling scheme
The federal trial of Harshkumar Patel and Steve Shand is being held in Fergus Falls, where both face charges for a smuggling ...
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'Profit ahead of people's lives': Trial begins in freezing deaths of migrant family
"This case is about these two men putting profit ahead of people's lives," Ryan Lipes said in his opening statement at the ...
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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, ...