Human smugglers sentenced after family froze to death at Manitoba-U.S. border
Harshkumar Patel, who was convicted of human smuggling after a family of four froze to death trying to cross the border from Manitoba into the U.S., was sentenced in a Minnesota court on Wednesday to just over 10 years in prison. Steve Shand, who was also convicted in the case, was sentenced to 6½ years.
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