A jury convicted two men on Friday of charges related to human smuggling for their roles in an international operation that led to the deaths of a family of Indian migrants who froze while trying to cross the Canada-U.

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. -- 2 men convicted of charges related to human smuggling after an Indian family froze to death at the Canada-U.S. border.

Parents and their two children froze to death during a blizzard while trying to cross from Canada into the U.S.

An Indian national who survived a treacherous trek across the U.S.-Canada border in blizzard conditions has testified that he got separated from a family of four shortly before they froze to death.

Nearly three years after an Indian family of four froze to death in Canada during an ill-fated attempt to enter the US, two men are facing trial, accused of trying to help smuggle them across the border. It was a backpack with child’s clothing and toys that first worried US Border Patrol agents.

A jury has reached verdicts for two men facing charges in a human smuggling case after an Indian family froze to death at the Canada-U.S. border

A Minnesota jury finds the men guilty of charges related to a human smuggling scheme linked to the 2022 freezing deaths of an Indian family of four at the U.S.-Canada border.

In January 2022, Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel had coordinated the operation, while Steve Shand was the driver designated to pick up 11 Indian migrants. However, only seven of them survived the harsh blizzard conditions,