Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar on Thursday certified that 49 migrants who were flown to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last month were victims of a crime.
Venezuelan migrants stand outside St. Andrews Church in Edgartown, Massachusetts, on the island of Marthas Vineyard, on Sept. 14, 2022., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
“Based upon the claims of migrants being transported from Bexar County under false pretenses, we are investigating this case as possible Unlawful Restraint,” Salazar said in a statement. Migrants said they were convinced to board the airplanes by a woman known only as “Perla” who offered them jobs, housing and education if they went to Massachusetts.
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