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Man facing extradition after family of migrants froze to death at Canada-US border

A witness told the trial Fenil Patel was a key organizer in human smuggling, and drove the family to Winnipeg just before they died trying to cross the border.

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Jury reaches verdicts in human smuggling case after Indian family froze to death at Canada-US border

Road signage is posted just outside of Emerson, Manitoba on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022.


Another man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of a migrant family on the Canada-U.S. border near Emerson, Man., in 2022.

The federal justice department says Fenil Patel was arrested Sept. 5 on an extradition request from the United States.

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