Key Points
With the discovery of two more bodies on Friday, the death toll from a human smuggling operation from Canada to the United States, reached eight..
In an update, the Akwesasne Mohawk Police said the two bodies recovered on Friday included those of an adult female believed to be an Indian national and an infant, a Canadian citizen of Romanian descent..
Akwesasne Mohawk Police said they are working with Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada and Americas Homeland Security to confirm the identities of the victims so that next-of-kin notifications may be made...
That followed suspicious activity being reported to the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service about a boat carrying multiple subjects on the Saint Regis river and travelling from Cornwall in the province of Ontario...
That incident occurred three months after four members of family from Gujarat, were found dead due to exposure to extreme winter conditions in the province of Manitoba, near the US border, in what was also a human smuggling operation gone wrong...
You might be interested in
4 Indians among 8 dead as they attempted to enter US illegally from Canada
02, Apr, 23Bodies of eight persons were recovered last week from the marsh on the riverbank near Akwesasne, a community which straddles Quebec, Ontario and New York state.