Search for man linked to people-smuggling after eight drown at US-Canada border

The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service continue a search for resident Casey Oakes as new details of victims emerge

Police investigating the drowning of eight people attempting to cross a river between Canada the the United States are searching for a man believed to be linked to people-smuggling, as new details of the victims emerge.

The bodies of eight people, including two young children, were discovered last week along the marshy banks of the St Lawrence River near the Mohawk community of Akwesasne, which spans Quebec, Ontario and New York state.