A jury convicted two men on Friday of charges related to human smuggling for their roles in an international operation that led to the deaths of a family of Indian migrants who froze while trying to cross the Canada-U.

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. -- 2 men convicted of charges related to human smuggling after an Indian family froze to death at the Canada-U.S. border.

Parents and their two children froze to death during a blizzard while trying to cross from Canada into the U.S.

An Indian national who survived a treacherous trek across the U.S.-Canada border in blizzard conditions has testified that he got separated from a family of four shortly before they froze to death.

Nearly three years after an Indian family of four froze to death in Canada during an ill-fated attempt to enter the US, two men are facing trial, accused of trying to help smuggle them across the border. It was a backpack with child’s clothing and toys that first worried US Border Patrol agents.

A jury has reached verdicts for two men facing charges in a human smuggling case after an Indian family froze to death at the Canada-U.S. border

A Minnesota jury finds the men guilty of charges related to a human smuggling scheme linked to the 2022 freezing deaths of an Indian family of four at the U.S.-Canada border.