Men charged with smuggling Indian family who died near Canada-U.S. border plead not guilty
A man accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canada border into Minnesota, including four members of an Indian family who froze to death in 2022, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to seven counts of human smuggling.
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![A headshot of Harshkumar Patel aka 'Dirty Harry,' who is facing multiple charges in the death of an Indian family who froze to death crossing the Canada-U.S. border in January 2022. A mugshot of a South Indian man with a black beard wearing a white t-shirt, posing expressionless in front of a plain background.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7152767.1711565648!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/harshkumar-patel.jpg)
A man accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canada border into Minnesota, including four members of an Indian family who froze to death in 2022, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to seven counts of human smuggling.