FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Steve Shand was just a cab driver who was tricked into picking up migrants without knowing they were part of a smuggling operation, his defense attorney said on the first ...

A federal trial began on Monday in Minnesota, where two men, Harshkumar Patel and Steve Shand, face charges related to a human smuggling operation that led to the tragic deaths of an Indian family ...

Prosecutors said Indian national Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel ran part of a sprawling human smuggling scheme and recruited Steve Shand to shuttle the migrants across the border.

later identified as 47-year-old Steve Shand, to cross into the United States in northwestern Minnesota. Special Agent John Stanley wrote that “most had limited or no English language speaking ...

and undated photo released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows Steve Shand. (AP Photo) FERGUS FALLS — The two men found guilty of human smuggling in the case of a family from ...

Harshkumar Patel and Steve Shand's attorneys made those arguments in separate motions filed in United States District Court in Minnesota on Friday. Patel, an Indian national arrested in Chicago ...

and undated photo released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows Steve Shand. (AP Photo) FERGUS FALLS — The two men found guilty of human smuggling in the case of a family from India ...

The two men, Steve Shand of Florida and Harshkumar Patel, an Indian national arrested in Chicago, were convicted by a Minnesota jury in November on all four counts each were facing.