FERGUS FALLS, Minn. –
A trial is to start immediately for 2 males accused of smuggling migrants throughout the Canada-U. S. border.
Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel and Steve Shand are accused of being a part of operation that introduced individuals from India to Canada, then throughout the border from Manitoba to Minnesota.
One of many journeys they’re accused of participating in noticed a household from India — a pair and two kids — die in a blizzard in January 2022, when the wind chill reached -35 C.
The lads have pleaded not responsible to expenses together with conspiracy to move aliens inflicting severe bodily harm and inserting lives in jeopardy.
Prosecutors allege Patel co-ordinated with smugglers in Canada to have migrants dropped off close to the border, the place they’d stroll till they entered the USA and be picked up by Shand.
RCMP in Manitoba haven’t made any arrests north of the border however say their investigation is ongoing.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Nov. 18, 2024
