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Perla Huerta the woman who allegedly helped arrange migrant flights from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, has been identified by CNN.
In mid-September, about 50 migrants were flown from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in two planes organized by Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis as part of his criticism of the federal government’s immigration and border security policies. Most of the asylum seekers are known to be from Venezuela.
Age
Huerta is 43 years old.
Perla Huerta Helped Arrange Migrant Flights
One migrant who had been living on the streets of San Antonio, Texas, told CNN that a woman named “Perla” offered him clothes, food and money in exchange to find other people who would go on a flight to Massachusetts.
The New York Times reported that other migrants have identified Huerta from pictures taken of her in San Antonio, according to Rachel Self, an attorney who represents the migrants.
A friend of Huerta also confirmed to CNN that the woman seen in a photo provided to CNN by a migrant is Huerta.
A migrant previously told CNN that he had been living on the streets of San Antonio for nearly a month when he met a woman named “Perla” who offered him clothes, food and money. In exchange, he told CNN, he would go out and find other migrants to serve as passengers on flights to Massachusetts.
She gave him $10 McDonald’s gift cards to be given to those migrants who agreed to board the flights, and she told him to say that they and their kids would be treated well upon arrival.
“She had told me that the people who were going to Massachusetts, before I sent them, she had told me that they were going to receive them. They were going to be given shelter, a place to stay. They were going to help them with the language, and those who had children, they were going to study,” he said.
The recruiter spoke to CNN in his first televised interview and was granted anonymity to protect his safety. He provided CNN with Perla’s business card, text messages and audio messages to authenticate his story and to provide an inside account of how the migrant flights on September 14 came together.