US Charges Man With Human Smuggling After 4 Freeze to Death Near Canada Border

US Charges Man With Human Smuggling After 4 Freeze to Death Near Canada Border
A sign post for the small border town of Emerson, near the Canada-US border crossing in Emerson, Manitoba, Canada, on Feb. 1, 2017. Lyle Stafford/Reuters
Reuters
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U.S. authorities on Thursday charged a man with human smuggling of Indian nationals from Canada, the day after four people including a baby were found frozen to death in a remote part of Canada close to the Minnesota border.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota said 47-year-old Steve Shand had been arrested just south of the border on Wednesday while driving two undocumented Indian citizens.