A prosecutor urged a jury Thursday to find two accused human smugglers guilty, saying the men cared more about money than people’s safety and their actions led to the deaths of a family of four in a prairie blizzard.

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Cellphone location records shown to jury in human smuggling trial

The jury at a human smuggling trial has seen phone records the prosecution says show the two men accused were carrying out plans to sneak people across the Canada-U.S. border between Manitoba and Minnesota.

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Jurors in the Minnesota trial of two alleged human smugglers arrested after a family from India froze to death while trying to walk across the Manitoba-U.S. border in 2022 were given three very different stories to weigh during closing arguments on Thursday.

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Migrants 'nothing but dollar signs' to accused human smugglers, U.S. prosecutors say in closing arguments

FERGUS FALLS — The jury at a human smuggling trial has seen phone records the prosecution says show the two men accused were carrying out plans to sneak people across the Canada-U.S. border between Manitoba and Minnesota.

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Phone, banking records shown to jury in human smuggling trial

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FERGUS FALLS — A prosecutor urged a jury Thursday to find two accused human smugglers guilty, saying the men cared more about money than people’s safety and their actions led to 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 […]

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Prosecutors say alleged smugglers at Manitoba border cared more for money than lives

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. –  Jurors are expected to begin deliberating a verdict in a Minnesota human smuggling trial Friday. The prosecution rested its case against Hari Patel and Steve Shand in a Fergus Falls federal courtroom Thursday. Defense attorneys chose not to call any witnesses and both sides gave their closing arguments. Prosecutors have accused the two defendants of being part of a human smuggling ring that brought residents of India into …

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FERGUS FALLS — The jury in a human smuggling trial was presented with phone, banking and other information Thursday that the prosecution says shows two accused men carried out plans to sneak people across the Canada-U.S.

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FERGUS FALLS — The jury at a human smuggling trial has seen phone records the prosecution says show the two men accused were carrying out plans to sneak people across the Canada-U.S. border between Manitoba and Minnesota. Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel are accused of participating in several smuggling operations in December 2021 and January 2022. One of the trips saw a family of four from India freeze to death in a blizzard on Jan. 19, 2022, t…

Prosecutors say alleged smugglers at Manitoba border cared more for money than lives

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