Another man has been arrested in connection with a human smuggling operation that saw a migrant family freeze to death on the Canada-U.S. border near Emerson, Man.

Fenil Patel was arrested Sept. 5 on an extradition request from the United States, the Justice Department in Ottawa said Tuesday. The 37-year-old faces a hearing this week in Ontario Superior Court.

The family -- Jagdish Patel, 39; his wife Vaishaliben Patel, 37; their 11-year-old daughter, Vihangi; and their three-year-old son, Dharmik -- died while trying to walk across the border in January 2022 in a frigid blizzard on the open prairie. Patel is a common name in India.

The family had been given jeans and light jackets meant for spring weather and were among several other migrants from India who were dropped off near the Ca

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