{"id":129398,"date":"2024-11-24T03:57:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T20:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129398"},"modified":"2024-11-24T03:57:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T20:57:48","slug":"2-men-convicted-of-human-smuggling-in-indian-familys-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129398","title":{"rendered":"2 men convicted of human smuggling in Indian family\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">Fergus Falls, Minnesota<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">AP<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8t0fr000l26p7c02k8rx1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A jury convicted two men on Friday of charges related to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-canada-us-india-deaths-smuggling-trial-16946bb01a1d1ca2978f29e902e550fc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">human smuggling<\/a> 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.S. border during a 2022 blizzard.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cq00083b6mp80dpkim@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, an Indian national who prosecutors say went by the alias \u201cDirty Harry,\u201d and Steve Shand, 50, an American from Florida, were part of a sophisticated illegal operation that has brought increasing numbers of Indians into the U.S., prosecutors said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cq00093b6mr5es1jrj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            They were each convicted on four counts related to human smuggling, including conspiracy to bring migrants into the country illegally.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000a3b6mbo8m13ei@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis trial exposed the unthinkable cruelty of human smuggling and of those criminal organizations that value profit and greed over humanity,\u201d Minnesota U.S. Attorney Andy Luger said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000b3b6m80baqkii@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cTo earn a few thousand dollars, these traffickers put men, women and children in extraordinary peril leading to the horrific and tragic deaths of an entire family. Because of this unimaginable greed, a father, a mother and two children froze to death in sub-zero temperatures on the Minnesota-Canadian border,\u201d Luger added.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm3ual7lq00043b6mg2djsaxa@published\" class=\"image_inline-small portrait image_inline-small__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_inline-small\" data-name=\"AP24318605928220 copy.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_inline-small--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"1.3348457350272231\" data-original-height=\"2942\" data-original-width=\"2204\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24318605928220-copy.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_inline-small__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_inline-small\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_inline-small--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_inline-small__picture\"><source height=\"2942\" width=\"2204\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24318605928220-copy.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2942\" width=\"2204\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24318605928220-copy.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2942\" width=\"2204\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24318605928220-copy.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2942\" width=\"2204\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24318605928220-copy.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24318605928220-copy.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\" alt=\"Harshkumar Patel\" class=\"image_inline-small__dam-img image_inline-small__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_inline-small__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2942\" width=\"2204\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000c3b6m2g4awol9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The most serious counts carry maximum sentences of up to 20 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office told The Associated Press before the trial. But federal sentencing guidelines rely on complicated formulas. Luger said Friday that various factors will be considered in determining what sentences prosecutors will recommend.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000d3b6m3mf7yzpi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Federal prosecutors said 39-year-old Jagdish Patel; his wife, Vaishaliben, who was in her mid-30s; their 11-year-old daughter, Vihangi; and 3-year-old son, Dharmik, froze to death Jan. 19, 2022, while trying to cross the border into Minnesota in a scheme Patel and Shand organized. Patel is a common Indian surname, and the victims were not related to Harshkumar Patel.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000e3b6mb9fbmvxp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The couple were schoolteachers, local news reports said. The family was fairly well off by local standards, living in a well-kept, two-story house with a front patio and a wide veranda.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm3uamkns00063b6m6j07heyv@published\" class=\"image_inline-small portrait image_inline-small__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_inline-small\" data-name=\"AP24318605298587.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_inline-small--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"1.3921113689095128\" data-original-height=\"3000\" data-original-width=\"2155\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24318605298587.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_inline-small__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_inline-small\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_inline-small--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_inline-small__picture\"><source height=\"3000\" width=\"2155\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24318605298587.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"3000\" width=\"2155\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24318605298587.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"3000\" width=\"2155\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24318605298587.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"3000\" width=\"2155\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24318605298587.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24318605298587.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\" alt=\"Steve Shand\" class=\"image_inline-small__dam-img image_inline-small__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_inline-small__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"3000\" width=\"2155\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000f3b6mf421u3cw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Experts say illegal immigration from India is driven by everything from political repression to a dysfunctional American immigration system that can take years, if not decades, to navigate legally. Much is rooted in economics and how even low-wage jobs in the West can ignite hopes for a better life.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000g3b6m88nn2gw0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Before the jury\u2019s conviction on Friday, the federal trial in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, saw testimony from an <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-canada-india-smuggling-deaths-minnesota-c8c9026ae8eb99924f19280d9672bf85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alleged participant<\/a> in the smuggling ring, a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-canada-india-smuggling-deaths-trial-minnesota-d6b7b063853dff746bd47f145f0ffeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">survivor<\/a> of the treacherous journey across the northern border, border patrol agents and forensic experts.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000h3b6ma5d4uhs4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Defense attorneys were pitted against each other, with Shand\u2019s team arguing that he was unwittingly roped into the scheme by Patel.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000i3b6ma9ngjj0b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Patel\u2019s lawyers, The Canadian Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianpressnews.ca\/health\/prosecutors-say-alleged-smugglers-at-manitoba-border-cared-more-for-money-than-lives\/article_2d64c5ea-1610-5d64-a94d-c06dd1ecfc60.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, said their client had been misidentified. They said \u201cDirty Hary,\u201d the alleged nickname for Patel found in Shand\u2019s phone, is a different person. Bank records and witness testimony from those who encountered Shand near the border didn\u2019t tie him to the crime, they added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000j3b6m8ylqbs2b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Prosecutors said Patel coordinated the operation while Shand was a driver. Shand was to pick up 11 Indian migrants on the Minnesota side of the border, prosecutors said. Only seven survived the foot crossing. Canadian authorities found the Patel family later that morning, dead from the cold.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000k3b6mb4eklqxb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The trial included an inside account of how the international smuggling ring allegedly works and who it targets.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000l3b6mcaevkhi0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Rajinder Singh, 51, testified that he made over $400,000 smuggling over 500 people through the same network that included Patel and Shand. Singh said most of the people he smuggled came from Gujarat state. He said the migrants would often pay smugglers about $100,000 to get them from India to the U.S., where they would work to pay off their debts at low-wage jobs in cities around the country. Singh said the smugglers would run their finances through \u201chawala,\u201d an informal money transfer system that relies on trust.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000m3b6mzuy0hhsu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The pipeline of illegal immigration from India has long existed but has increased sharply along the U.S.-Canada border. The U.S. Border Patrol arrested more than 14,000 Indians on the Canadian border in the year ending Sept. 30, which amounted to 60% of all arrests along that border and more than 10 times the number two years ago.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000n3b6mba5b78sv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            By 2022, the Pew Research Center estimates more than 725,000 Indians were living illegally in the U.S., behind only Mexicans and El Salvadorans.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000o3b6mdqfmddjr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Jamie Holt, a Special Agent with Homeland Security Investigations, said the case is a stark reminder of the realities victims of human smuggling face.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000p3b6modnkib22@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHuman smuggling is a vile crime that preys on the most vulnerable, exploiting their desperation and dreams for a better life,\u201d Holt said. \u201cThe suffering endured by this family is unimaginable and it is our duty to ensure that such atrocities are met with the full force of the law.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000q3b6mpfd9zuzz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            One juror Kevin Paul, of Clearwater, Minnesota, told reporters afterward that it was hard for the jurors to see the pictures of the family\u2019s bodies. He said he grew up in North Dakota and is familiar with the kind of conditions that led to their deaths.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3u8u6cr000r3b6mx5sgm7qk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s pretty brutal,\u201d Paul said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t imagine having to do what they had to do out there in the middle of nowhere.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/23\/us\/human-smuggling-indian-family-death\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fergus Falls, Minnesota AP \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129398\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}