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Man accused of smuggling migrant family who froze to death at border arrested, Canadian authorities say
Fenil Patel, 37, arrested for allegedly smuggling the Patel family who died from hypothermia crossing the Manitoba-Minnesota border in a 2022 blizzard, authorities said.
- Fenil Patel, a Canadian resident, was arrested on Sept. 5, 2025, in connection with the 2022 deaths of an Indian migrant family near Emerson, Manitoba, at the Canada-U.S. border.
- The arrest occurred after U.S. authorities sought Fenil Patel’s extradition, following prior charges in India related to homicide and human smuggling connected to the family’s fatal attempt to cross the border during a severe blizzard.
- Patel had rented and driven a vehicle from Toronto to Winnipeg in January 2022, shortly before the family was left to cross the border on foot and later found frozen with severe hypothermia.
- The Patel family consisted of Jagdish, 39, Vaishali, 37, and their children Vihangi, 11, and Dharmik, 3, whose bodies were discovered close to the Manitoba-Minnesota border in January 2022.
- Fenil Patel is scheduled to appear this week before the Ontario Superior Court as part of ongoing legal proceedings connected to a larger smuggling scheme involving other individuals convicted in the United States.
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Man facing extradition after family of migrants froze to death at Canada-US border
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Man accused of smuggling migrant family who froze to death at border arrested, Canadian authorities say
A man accused by police in India of helping smuggle a family of four through Canada just before they froze to death on the Manitoba side of the U.S. border more than three years ago has been arrested.
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