Family of 4 Freeze to Death Trying to Escape Canada into America, Including a Baby

WATCH | Man arrested after 4 people found frozen to death near Manitoba-U.S. border: 
A family of four was found frozen to death near the Manitoba-U.S. border in what American police say was part of a human smuggling attempt. 2:38

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WATCH | Full RCMP news conference on bodies found near border: 
Manitoba RCMP say four people, one an infant, were found dead Wednesday at the Canada-U.S. border. They are believed to have died from exposure to the freezing weather. 24:44

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Man arrested after 4 people, including baby, found frozen to death near Manitoba-U.S. border
47-year-old Florida man charged with human smuggling
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rcmp-investigation-canada-u-s-border-manitoba-1.6321602

The people found dead on Wednesday would have faced bitter cold, endless fields, large snowdrifts and complete darkness crossing the international border on foot, said RCMP Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy. (Submitted by RCMP)
RCMP officers search along fields in Manitoba near the Canada-U.S. border Wednesday afternoon, just before 5 p.m. (Submitted by RCMP)
A Florida man has been charged with human smuggling after four people, one an infant, were found dead in a Manitoba field, near the Canada-U.S. border, on Wednesday.
“What I am about to share is going to be difficult for many people to hear,” RCMP Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy said at a news conference in Winnipeg on Thursday. “It is an absolute and heartbreaking tragedy.”
The bodies of a man, woman and baby were found together in one area, while the body of a teen boy was found a few metres away, she said.
They are believed to have died from exposure to the freezing weather while attempting to walk across the border from Canada to the United States.
Just before 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, members of the RCMP integrated border enforcement team were alerted that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers had apprehended a group that crossed into the U.S. from Canada, near the town of Emerson.
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