An Indian family, including children aged 11 and three, were found dead after trying to cross into the United States on foot during severe weather.
Two men have been convicted on charges related to human smuggling after a family of Indian migrants froze to death while trying to cross the Canada-US border.
Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, a 29-year-old Indian national who went by the nickname “Dirty Harry”, and Steve Shand, 50, from Florida, were part of a sophisticated illegal operation that brought increasing numbers of Indians to the US, according to prosecutors.
The family – Jagdish Patel, his wife Vaishaliben, their 11-year-old daughter Vihangi, and three-year-old son Dharmik – froze to death while trying to make the journey into the US during a blizzard on 19 January 2022.
