FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — The two men found guilty of human smuggling in the case of a family from India who froze to death while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba in 2022 are seeking acquittal, or new trials.

The two men, Steve Shand of Florida and Harshkumar Patel, an Indian national arrested in Chicago, were convicted by a Minnesota jury in November on all four counts each were facing.

The prosecution argued that the men brought people from India to Canada on student visas then sent them on foot across the border.{ai:summary}<p>Two men convicted of human smuggling related to the freezing death of an Indian family at the Canada-U.S. border in 2022 are appealing for acquittal or new trials. Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel were found guilty on all counts by a Minnesota jury in November. #crime</p>

Men found guilty after family froze to death crossing Manitoba border seek acquittal, new trial

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