A Venezuelan migrant allegedly identified Perla Huerta as the mystery woman who lured migrants onto the flights, the New York Times reports. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX MarthasVineyard RonDeSantis Migrants MigrantFlights PerlaHuerta
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar launched an investigation into the Martha's Vineyard migrant flights on Sept.19.
A San Antonio-born Army veteran is now a"person of interest" in Bexar County's criminal investigation into flights charted by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that stranded migrants in Martha's Vineyard,Citing law enforcement sources, the paper reports that the Bexar County Sheriff's Office is looking into whether Perla H. Huerta ,43, a former Army combat medic who also worked in counterintelligence, is the woman who lured asylum seekers in San Antonio onto the planes.
Migrants told news organizations that a woman named"Perla" recruited border crossers who ended up in San Antonio,Stories about the mystery woman led the League of United Latin American Citizens to that a Venezuelan migrant who worked with the mystery woman identified her as Perla Huerta. Huerta was born and raised on San Antonio's South Side before joining the military as a medic and relocating to Fayetteville, North Carolina, thereports. The former solider also served two tours in Iraq and four in Afghanistan between 2003 and 2019, according to the paper.
In 2018, Huerta moved into a condo in Tampa, Florida, near MacDill Air Force Base, home of U.S. Central Command. Huerta's condo was recently relisted for sale at a reduced price after a cash offer fell through the same week as the Martha's Vineyard migrant flights, theBexar County Sheriff Javier SalazarDeSantis responded to Salazar's announcement
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