FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — A prosecutor urged a jury Thursday to find two accused human smugglers guilty, saying they cared more about money than people’s safety and caused the deaths of a family of four in a prairie blizzard.

“They knew they were risking people’s lives,” Michael McBride said in his closing arguments after three days of testimony in U.S. district court.

Shand and Patel are accused of helping people cross the Canada-U.S. border on several occasions, once leading to the deaths of a family of 4{ai:summary}<p>A prosecutor in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, urged a jury to convict two human smugglers, claiming their greed led to the tragic deaths of a family of four during a blizzard. He emphasized that the defendants prioritized profit over the safety of those they were transporting. #crime</p>

'Those people were nothing but dollar signs,' prosecution says of victims at human smuggling trial

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