# Human smuggling conviction upheld in death of Indian family at Manitoba-U.S. border

https://mins.news/en/item/88370

- CBC News, 2026-10-06 16:28 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/harshkumar-patel-appeal-court-upholds-conviction-sentence-9.7370493?cmp=rss

> A U.S. appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of one man found guilty of human smuggling in a case involving an Indian family of four who froze to death while trying to cross the Manitoba-U.S. border in 2022.