Fergus Falls (Minnesota), May 29 -- Two men, including an Indian national, were sentenced on federal human smuggling charges in a 2022 case when a family of four from Gujarat, including their two children, froze to death while trying to cross into the US from the Canadian border near Minnesota.
The family of four Indians who perished while trying to cross on foot into the US were: 39-year-old Jagdishkumar Patel, 37-year-old Vaishaliben Patel and their two children, 11-year-old Vihangi Patel, and three-year-old Dharmik Patel.
According to the Department of Justice, Indian National Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel and Steve Shand, of Florida, were part of a sophisticated human-smuggling operation to illegally bring Indians into the United States,...