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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Coral Murphy Marcos

Ex-US army medic allegedly lured migrants on to flights to Martha’s Vineyard

Venezuelan migrants stand outside St Andrew's Church in Edgartown, Massachusetts on 14 September 2022.
Venezuelan migrants stand outside St Andrew's Church in Edgartown, Massachusetts, on 14 September. Photograph: Ray Ewing/Vineyard Gazette/Reuters

A former US army combat medic and counterintelligence agent allegedly solicited asylum seekers to join flights out of Texas to Martha’s Vineyard that Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, chartered.

Perla Huerta was sent to Texas from Tampa to fill the planes at the center of the trips, which many have argued could amount to illegal human trafficking, a person briefed on an investigation into the case told the New York Times.

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