According to an exclusive report by Breitbart, a Department of Homeland Security intelligence report revealed that the Venezuelan government, led by Nicolas Maduro, is intentionally releasing inmates, including some convicted of murder, rape and extortion, and sending them to the US border.
The intelligence report warns agents that the released inmates have been seen within migrant caravans traveling from Tapachula, Mexico, headed toward the US/Mexico border as recently as July.
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The intelligence report warns agents the freed prisoners have been seen within migrant caravans traveling from Tapachula, Mexico toward the U.S.-Mexico border as recently as July. The source, not authorized to speak to the media, told Breitbart Texas the move is reminiscent of a similar action taken by Cuban dictator Fidel Castro during the Mariel boat lift in the 1980s.
The report does not state whether the released prison inmates were traveling as a cohesive group but does state it was commonly shared knowledge among migrants traveling to the United States within a caravan in July that many of the Venezuelan migrants in the group were convicts and included hardened criminals.
The report does not specify that the release of the convicts — understanding they would head to the United States — could be a purposeful geopolitical move specifically intended to impact U.S. national security. Another information gap cited in the report acknowledges the unknown role the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN), Venezuela’s equivalent to the CIA, may have played in the deliberate releases.
The source says the task of identifying Venezuelans who have criminal records in their home country is nearly impossible. Of the thousands of Venezuelan migrants surrendering along the U.S.-Mexico border daily, most, according to the source, are being released into the United States. Without effective diplomatic relations with Venezuela, the source says access to criminal databases in that country simply does not exist.
“Unless we apprehend someone who voluntarily tells us they have committed a violent crime in Venezuela, we can only guess and that doesn’t work well,” the source told Breitbart. “They will more than likely be released.”
The source says it is unknown how many have already been released into the interior of the United States to pursue asylum.
U.S. Representative for Texas’s 22nd congressional district, Troy Nehls tweeted that DHS has confirmed this new revelation.
“DHS confirms that Venezuela empties prisons and sends violent criminals to our southern border.”
“President Trump warned us about this years ago.”
President Trump was right again.
