A 22-year old man named Eduardo told the Texas Tribune that a tall, blonde woman who said her name was Perla approached him at San Antonio’s Migrant Resource Center, days after he entered the country, promising him a job and a place to live in Boston, and offering him $200 to recruit other migrants to join him on the flight, Boston Globe reported.
Only after making several refueling stops on the charter flights, including one in Crestview, Florida, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware, was Eduardo told he would be landing on Martha’s Vineyard, an island off the coast of Cape Cod, he told the Texas Tribune.
Ardenis Nazareth, who also came to Texas from Venezuela, recounted a similar story to the New York Times, saying Perla offered him and 30 other migrants McDonald’s gift cards and a free flight to a “sanctuary,” adding he thought he was being flown to Boston, not an island.
A 27-year-old Venezuelan man identified as Luis also said Perla offered him and nine relatives support for 90 days and assistance with work permits and English lessons, Reuters reported.
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