Crime, Law & Justice

Government deports 131 Venezuelans in sixth operation

Government deports 131 Venezuelans in sixth operation
Handcuffed deportees board a flight with police officers, to return to Venezuela. Source: Andina

The government deported 131 Venezuelans Monday night, returning them to Caracas on a private chartered flight.

According to Interior minister Carlos Moran, the 41 women and 90 men had criminal records in Venezuela and were “certainly involved” in crimes that included drug trafficking, homicide and extortion. Police records also showed that some of them were registered as currently serving jail sentences in Venezuela.

Of the group deported yesterday, 102 were among the 124 people arrested in Punta Negra two weeks ago. Another 29 were arrested in Huancayo, in the central sierra, and had entered the country illegally.   In Lima, 15 remain in prison pending trial on specific charges.

“This is the sixth deportation within the Safe Immigration Plan. These are the people arrested at the hotel in Punta Negra, which operated as a bunker for criminals, with weapons, drugs and stolen goods,” said Moran.

In answer to negative comments regarding a special investigative team to focus specifically on foreign criminals, Moran said critics “have no knowledge of what criminal investigation means.”

There are more of us who are good

Fire venezuelan supportFighting the bad rap they are given constantly for the increase in crime, Venezuelan immigrants working for the Glovo delivery firm donated food and clothing for the victims of the fire in Villa El Salvador caused by liquified gas. The packs on their motorbikes carried signs saying “Venezuelans in support of Villa El Salvador — There are more of us who are good.”

There are close to a million Venezuelans in Peru, most of whom have migrated over the past three or four years, fleeing the dire economic conditions in their country under the Maduro government.

5 Comments

  1. Of COURSE ‘some of them were shown as still serving jail sentences in Venezuela’……Maduro just EMPTIED HIS PRISONS, and sent them to Perú , Colombia and Ecuador…..

    NOW, Lima (and other Peruvian towns) has an extreme VIOLENT crime/homicide problem……90% of which is committed by Venezuelans. It’s the WORST it’s ever been since the Communist terrorism.

    Just as in the U.S. and Canada, there are locals who are ‘humanitarians’…who are willing to SACRIFICE the rest of us, our families and children……for their ‘liberal’ ‘feel-good’ views about ‘refugees’.

    TIME TO WAKE UP!

  2. I am very happy to see that Peru is standing up to criminal immigrants. There’s no way Peru can permit criminals to reap havoc in the country. I am sorry to see these immigrants who are looking for a better life suffer such shame by the rogue elements among them. I trust that the good immigrants will set a high standard for their own people. May God bless Peru for its magnanimous service of seeking to help those in need from abroad.

  3. Kieran Walsh

    While on a recent visit to Lima I saw Venezuelans trying to earn a living honestly. Rim in-law prey on the innocent and also on their own people.

  4. I truly believe Peru went through so much with terrorism many years ago, but they cannot act as A Good Samaritan country letting all those criminals to hurt citizens, tourism and economy. I totally agree with their deportation. It’s time to stand up and send them back to their Venezuela, all of them.

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*