US EditionMen face prison for human smuggling after an Indian family of 4 died on the US-Canada border
- A family of four from Dingucha, India, froze to death while attempting to cross the Canadian-US border during a blizzard on January 19, 2022.
- The family was involved in a larger smuggling scheme that transported individuals from India to Canada using student visas before illegally moving them across the U.S. Border, leading to charges against two men for human trafficking.
- Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, the alleged ringleader known as 'Dirty Harry,' and Steve Anthony Shand, the driver, were convicted last November in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, on four counts each.
- Prosecutors requested nearly 20 years in prison for Patel and nearly 11 years for Shand, with Judge John Tunheim, who called the case clear, scheduled to issue sentencing at the federal courthouse in Fergus Falls.
- The case highlights dangers of human smuggling as survivors recounted inadequate winter clothing from smugglers and Shand’s refusal to aid stranded migrants, while defense attorneys argue for reduced sentences.
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Two Men Sentenced for a Family of Migrants Who Died Frozen
Two men were sentenced to 6 and 10 years in prison for a case of human trafficking in which four members of a family, of whom two children, died frozen, the Department of Justice reported on Wednesday. In January 2022 Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, and Steve Anthony Shand, 50, organized the walk of 11 foreigners from Canada to the United States. Among them was a family consisting of two adults and their children: an 11-year-old girl and a three-…
Gujarat family froze to death while crossing into US, smugglers jailed 3 years later
Two human smugglers, including an Indian national, have been sentenced to up to 10 years in the US for their roles in trying to get a family of four from Gujarat's Dingucha illegally into the country, which resulted in their freezing to death. The four, including two children, died in 2022 while trying to cross into the US from Canada.
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Human traffickers sentenced in freezing deaths of 4 Indian nationals
Two human traffickers were sentenced Wednesday for their roles in a smuggling operation that resulted in the 2022 deaths of four Indian nationals, including a three-year-old and an 11-year-old, the US Department of Justice said.
Pair sentenced in human smuggling case that left Indian family dead on Minnesota border
More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to enter the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard, the convicted ringleader of an international human smuggling plot was sentenced in Minnesota on Wednesday to 10 years in prison. Federal prosecutors had recommended nearly 20 years for Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, and nearly 11 years for the driver who was supposed to pick them up, Steve…
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