Migrant recruiter who sent migrants to Martha’s Vineyard identified

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The woman who allegedly recruited migrants from Texas to fly to Martha's Vineyard has finally been identified. According to The New York Times, Perla Huerta, a former combat medic and counter intelligence agent, was discharged after two decades in the army.

Around mid-September, about 50 Venezuelan migrants were flown from Texas to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts using Florida taxpayer funds. In June, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis set aside $12 million to transport unauthorized migrants out of the sunshine state.

Shortly after, the money was being used to round up asylum seekers in San Antonio. One migrants states that the woman named Perla offered him money, food and clothes in exchange to find others willing to fly out to Massachusetts.