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JAN - 22 - 2022 | VOLUME 30 | NUMBER 4
Four Indian nationals found dead near Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba FOUR people – a man, a woman, a teenager and an infant – believed to be Indian nationals who were allegedly part of a group being smuggled into the U.S. by a U.S. citizen were found dead by Manitoba RCMP on the Canadian side of the border on Wednesday. Manitoba RCMP said in a press release that on Wednesday morning, their officers with the Integrated Border Enforcement Team received concerning information from their counterparts in the United States. Specifically, the information outlined that officers with the US Customs and Border Protection had apprehended a group of individuals who had crossed into the US from Canada, near the town of Emerson, Manitoba. Further, it indicated that one of the adults had items meant for an infant but that no infant was with the group. Upon receiving this information at 9:23 a.m., a search was immediately launched on both sides of the border. RCMP officers were already patrolling the area and the search began at 9:24 a.m. Extensive patrols were conducted and, at approximately 1:30 p.m., the bodies of three individuals were located on the Canadian side of the border, approximately 10km east of Emerson. They have been identified as: * An adult male;
They were allegedly part of a group being smuggled into the U.S.
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* An adult female; and * An infant. Fearing there may be additional victims, officers continued their search and located the body of an additional male, believed at this time to be in his mid-teens. All victims were located approximately 12 metres from the
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US/Canada border. At this very early stage of the investigation, it appears that they all died due to exposure to the cold weather. Work is underway to identify the victims and an autopsy has been scheduled to confirm the cause of death. The search for any possible
survivors or additional victims continued throughout the evening of Wednesday, January 19, and RCMP officers continued to patrol the area on Thursday. Until now, no other victims have been located. The RCMP said they will be conducting a thorough investigation and are working in close
ACCORDING to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Minnesota, a federal criminal complaint has been filed against a Florida man -- Steve Shand, 47, a U.S. citizen -- charging him with human smuggling, According to court documents, on January 19, law enforcement agents with Homeland Security Investigations responded to a request for assistance from the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) based out of Pembina, North Dakota. USBP initiated a traffic stop on a whitecolored, 15- passenger van less than one mile south of the U.S./ Canadian border in a rural area between the official ports of entry located at Lancaster, Minnesota, and Pembina, North Dakota. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Shand. Law enforcement asked for identification of the two passengers in the van and determined them to be undocumented Indian nationals. USBP arrested Shand for smuggling undocumented foreign nationals. While Shand and the two passengers were being transported to the Pembina Border Patrol Station in North Dakota, law enforcement encountered five additional Indian
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