Crime & Safety
Texas Sheriff Opens Investigation Into Transport Of Venezuelan Migrants To Martha's Vineyard
Salazar said the migrants were "lured under false pretenses" into staying at a hotel for a few days, then shuttled to an airplane.
September 20, 2022
The Bexar County, Texas Sheriff is launching a criminal investigation into the transport of 48 Venezuelan migrants to Martha's Vineyard last week.
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Sheriff Javier Salazar said on Wednesday, September 14, in San Antonio, a Venezuelan migrant was paid a "bird dog fee to recruit approximately 50 migrants from the area around a migrant resource center."
Salazar said to his understanding the migrants were "lured under false pretenses" into staying at a hotel for a few days, then shuttled to an airplane, then flown to Florida and eventually to Martha's Vineyard "under false pretenses."
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