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Florida Man Pleads Not Guilty to Charges in Fatal Human Smuggling Attempt

  • Steve Shand pleads not guilty to federal charges of human smuggling after four migrants were found dead near the Canadian border
  • The migrants, identified as Indian nationals, had frozen to death during a blizzard near Emerson, Manitoba
  • Shand is charged with bringing two people into the country illegally and illegally transporting them once in the U.S.
  • Shand's trial has been set for July 17, but that is subject to change.
  • The migrants may have faced economic conditions in India and calculated the trek to the United States was worth the risk
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