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Another charge in case of family who froze sneaking over U.S. border

India began extradition process for Vancouver pair in May in fatal human smuggling case
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A view of the landscape outside the hamlet of St. Vincent, Minn., looking north towards the Canada-U.S. border, is shown on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, not far from where RCMP officers recovered the bodies of four unidentified Indian nationals. THE CANADIAN PRESS/James McCarten

Authorities in the United States have charged another man in an alleged human smuggling operation that led to a family from India freezing to death while trying to enter the country from Manitoba.

A court document filed Thursday in Illinois says Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel is charged with transportation of an illegal alien along with conspiracy to bring and attempting to bring an illegal alien to the U.

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