Perla identified: The Story Behind DeSantis's Migrant Flights to Martha's Vineyard

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NEW! Venezuelan migrants were tricked into flying to Martha’s Vineyard by a former combat medic & counterintelligence agent, discharged last month after two decades in the US Army. w ⁦⁦@edjsandoval⁩ ⁦@PatriciaMazzei⁩ ⁦@jdavidgoodman⁩
A group of men from Venezuela outside the Migrant Resource Center in San Antonio on Sept. 15.
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The Story Behind DeSantis’s Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard
Asylum seekers in Texas were recruited for the flights by a woman who appeared to be a former Army counterintelligence agent. “We were tricked,” one migrant said.
2:43 PM · Oct 2, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/02/us/migrants-marthas-vineyard-desantis-texas.html

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https://archive.ph/mrffS

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And, in the middle of it all, a woman with a background in military counterintelligence who investigators believe was sent to Texas from Tampa in order to fill the planes.

Until now, little has been known about the woman whom migrants said identified herself only by her first name, “Perla,” when she solicited them to join the flights. A person briefed on the San Antonio Sheriff’s office investigation into the matter told The New York Times that the person being looked at in connection with the operation is a woman named Perla Huerta.

Ms. Huerta, a former combat medic and counterintelligence agent, was discharged last month after two decades in the U.S. Army that included several deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, according to military records.

A Venezuelan migrant who was working with Ms. Huerta to recruit migrants confirmed her identity, and a migrant in San Antonio whom Ms. Huerta had unsuccessfully sought to sign up identified a photo of her in an interview with The Times. Several of the migrants on Martha’s Vineyard photographed her during the recruitment process in San Antonio, according to Rachel Self, a lawyer representing the migrants. Lawyers working with them were able to match those photos with others online and in social media belonging to a woman named Perla Huerta.

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[Skittles]

1. these repuke fuckers love to lecture about FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

[Stuart G]

3. And now...."The Good Part Begins" Who hired her to do this, and how were those that hired to

do this, were connected to DeSantis....How did DeSantis get the idea to kidnap people to Massachusetts.

The neatest part of it all, lots of migrants in Florida, and former migrants. Do you suppose that they like
the idea of their governor putting migrants on a plane, for housing and food, and be taken to Massachusetts,
and just left there? I don't think so. Do You?

[ancianita]

8. Maybe. But following the money won't necessarily prove laws were broken. That's the hard part.

If lawyers for plaintiffs can't provide evidence of loss, harm or damage, I don't see what they can hit the governor with, really.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

12. Link to court doc where Jesus is suing DeSatan ...

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.248428/gov.uscourts.mad.248428.1.0.pdf

In the Preliminary Statement:

Defendants’ inhumane and morally repugnant conduct (i) violated protections afforded to the Plaintiffs by the United States Constitution, (ii) violated federal statutes including 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 42 U.S.C. 1985(3), and (iii) was tortious, entitling Plaintiffs and other class members to monetary, injunctive, and other relief as set forth herein.

[ancianita]

13. Ah. Thank you. This is important.

[UTUSN]

25. Self-deleted. Wrong person.

Last edited Mon Oct 3, 2022, 01:03 AM - Edit history (1)

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[Bristlecone]

28. That's the NY paramedic that got attacked and stabbed for no reason?

She was murdered. Did you mean to post this here?

I’m confused

[UTUSN]

29. Correct me if I'm wrong. I'll delete if so. I Google-searched "Perla Huerta" and

this came up with a link to the Heavy article, which however, didn't have the pic inside. Please let me know with the info/pic of whoever you are referring to. Thanks.

[UTUSN]

30. OK, did my own search on paramedic & you're correct. Deleted. Thanks.

[intheflow]

26. I read somewhere that he'd been specifically on a Martha's Vineyard-bashing kick

during his speeches before that. I assume it's because Obama bought a house there. The kidnapping idea was probably piggybacking on Abbott's busses.

I was also struck by Perla's counterintelligence background. I'd figured her for some MTG-wannabe, but this is far more sinister. I'm thinking Constellis Holdings (formerly Blackwater) operations to destabilize our government for the Q Morons. I wonder if we'll learn if Perla got a job with them when she left the service.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Someone in trouble. Finally.

[Sky Jewels]

9. You might say that someone is finding herself in a world of huerta.

[tanyev]

16. Ha!

[Baitball Blogger]

17. LOL!

Good one.

[crickets]

5. There's no excuse for the way these asylum seekers were treated. None.

Not only do they deserve all the help we can give them, everyone involved in lying to them and manipulating them for political gain should be found and punished. Put DeSantis at the very top of the list, and Perla right below him.

[keithbvadu2]

6. Discharged... not 'retired'?

Yeah! Yeah!

'retired' is officially at 30 years.

[Shipwack]

10. While "discharged" is an odd word to use...

Rank E-6 and above can fully retire honorably at 20 years of service. Myself, for instance.

So I don’t know if discharged was deliberately used to describe leaving the service involuntarily, or is just a sloppy word choice by the reporter.

Time will divulge more details about her, I’m sure.

[housecat]

7. I still want to know where the $$$ went and is there a paper trail. Sounds trumpish to me

[TeamProg]

11. BRING HER IN ! LOCK HER UP !!

[calimary]

14. Perla Huerta.

Shame on her!

[TigressDem]

18. NOT THE WAITRESS from Can't Stop the Feeling!!! Perla, how could you?

Oh, my mistake. That is PALOMA... Dove. Whew. It's one of my favorite videos. Didn't want it associated with a spy like that.

[UTUSN]

19. State money diverted, contractor donor to Repukes, crossing state lines - charges.

[ZonkerHarris]

20. She is going to go through some things.

[intheflow]

27. She f'd around and is gonna find out.

[dalton99a]

21. Still no photos

https://heavy.com/news/perla-huerta/

[UTUSN]

23. Self-deleted pic, wrong person. I guess you're correct, no pics yet.

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[Oppaloopa]

32. Yes I want to see photo's of her

[Demsrule86]

22. Put her back in an try her sorry ass for conduct unbecoming an officer. Let her sit in prison.

[gratuitous]

24. 20 years in the Army

And this is how Perla Huerta interprets her military oath? Lying to asylum-seekers. Kidnapping them. Transporting them across state lines with bogus processing papers. Papers that set them up to break the law and ruin their chances of escaping the dangerous countries they fled. Is that what serving in the military taught Huerta?

[progressoid]

31. We put far too much emphasis on the honor of serving in the military.

Yes, there are many who serve with honor and dignity but unfortunately there are too many like her that are a stain on the service.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

33. K&R