Akwesasne Woman Sought in US Over Drownings of Migrants in St. Lawrence River

Stephanie Square, 51, an Akwesasne woman, is shown in an undated police booking photo, filed to Quebec Superior Court by the United States as part of their extradition documents. The Canadian Press/HO-Quebec Superior Court

The United States is seeking the extradition of a woman from Akwesasne Mohawk Territory who is alleged to have been a key player in a human smuggling operation tied to the drownings of eight migrants last year.

Stephanie Square, 51, was indicted on nine charges by a grand jury in the Northern District of New York in June in connection with the deaths of a Romanian family of four who were among eight migrants trying to cross the St. Lawrence River.