Trial begins Monday for 2 men accused of human smuggling after family's deaths at Manitoba-U.S. border
A long-awaited trial in Minnesota is scheduled to begin Monday with jury selection for two men accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canada border, including four members of an Indian family who froze to death in Manitoba as they tried to make it across in blizzard conditions.
Two men accused in fatal Manitoba border crossing to stand trial in Minnesota
The men have pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiracy to transport aliens causing serious bodily injury and placing lives in jeopardy.
An Indian family froze to death crossing the Canada border. Now two men accused of human smuggling await trial
Wind chills reached minus 36 Fahrenheit (minus 38 Celsius) that night in January 2022 as the family from India set out on foot to meet a waiting van. They walked amid vast farm fields and bulky snowdrifts,
Human smuggling case heads to trial after family deaths at Canada-U.S. border
The two suspects are accused of being part of a large operation that brought Indian nationals to Canada on student visas and then smuggled them across the United States border.
Two men accused in fatal border crossing to stand trial in Minnesota
Two men are to stand trial on human smuggling charges this week, almost three years after a family from India was found frozen to death on the border
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Mother and daughter dead after semi fails to stop at intersection: Manitoba RCMP
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First Nation's moose hunting case to make 'new case law' in Manitoba, lawyers say as hearings conclude
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