Javier Salazar said he is investigating a “covert criminal operation” in which 50 migrants were “exploited” with the false promise of housing and employment.
Salazar began looking into the case over concerns that migrants were picked up in San Antonio, which lies inside of his jurisdiction. “From what we’re able to tell at this point, basically, it looks like they drove around the area, looking for people that may look like the target audience that they’re after. And then made the approach,” he said. After an eight-month investigation by his organized crimes unit, Salazar said his office uncovered a “covert criminal operation.
But according to 60 Minutes, the form never mentioned Martha’s Vineyard. The state of Florida reportedly spent more than $600,000 on the transportation of 50 migrants, who, as asylum-seekers, entered the US legally. “They preyed upon people to get them onto that plane,” said Salazar. “They exploited them, took advantage of the situation that they were in, a very desperate situation, and then took ’em there under false pretenses.
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