Fate of Venezuelan influencer deported over squatting advice videos is revealed

A migrant influencer, who was deported aft offering squatting tips to undocumented immigrants successful the United States, is present successful occupation with the Venezuelan ineligible system.

Leonel Moreno, 27, volition beryllium facing 'hate crimes' charges, Diosdado Cabello, the Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, revealed during a unrecorded tv programme connected Wednesday.

Moreno, who is known arsenic 'Leito Oficial,' was among 199 Venezuelans who were returned location connected March 28 aft the Trump administration resumed deportation flights past week.

Cabello brought up Moreno's lawsuit portion addressing a tweet from exiled writer Eduardo Menoni, who slammed his chap countrymen for 'thanking a [President Nicolás] Maduro tyrant with large joyousness for "rescuing" them.'

'We protected Leito due to the fact that the different passengers were going to devour him alive, the others who came, due to the fact that helium did truthful overmuch harm to the Venezuelans. Are you listening, Eduardo Menoni?' the high-ranking authoritative claimed.

Cabello accused Moreno of having done 'so overmuch harm to the Venezuelans with his cognition determination successful the United States' and said it 'was each portion of a expansive plan' without offering overmuch proof.

'Now, helium has to look hatred crimes present successful his country, against his ain people, and helium has to support himself,' said Cabello, who is among 14 existent and erstwhile officials facing narco-terrorism, cause trafficking and different charges successful a New York national court. 

Moreno utilized TikTok to brag astir milking payment benefits and promote radical to 'invade' vacant homes. 

His rants sparked a disturbance and triggered outrage and vexation from others onboard the deportation flight, and helium had to beryllium placed successful a antithetic country of the airplane for his ain safety.

Moreno was connected the tally from Immigration and Customs Enforcement aft helium and his wife, Vernonia Torres, illegally crossed the United States-Mexico borderline successful Eagle Pass, Texas successful April 2022.

Moreno had been enrolled successful the Alternatives to Detention program, which allows migrants connected parole to spell escaped portion officials way them until their adjacent tribunal date.

But ICE mislaid way of Moreno, who settled down successful Ohio with his woman and one-year-old daughter, who is simply a United States citizen.

After failing to amusement up for his tribunal day successful Miami successful November 2022, Moreno was listed arsenic an 'absconder' from the program.

But helium popped backmost up connected ICE's radar past year, erstwhile his outrageous contented astir ways to cheat the American authorities arsenic an undocumented migrant went viral.

In March 2024, Moreno was arrested successful Columbus aft months of taunting Americans online.

He was being held successful national custody astatine the Geauga County Jail successful Ohio aft ICE recovered him and arrested him for violating his presumption of probation.

While helium confidently flashing his government-allocated stacks of wealth connected his viral videos, Moreno claimed helium could not spend an lawyer astatine the time.

Moreno released a 30-minute-long video connected from prison, whining astir being treated poorly down bars.

'I came present to the United States due to the fact that of persecution successful my country... But they're doing the aforesaid happening to maine successful the United States: persecuting me,' Moreno said.

'It's each misinformation successful the media astir me. They're defaming me, They're misrepresenting maine successful the news... I americium a bully father, a bully son, a bully person, humble, respectful to radical who respect me.'

As helium spoke successful Spanish and hid his look from the camera, Moreno added: 'I miss my full beingness - I miss my freedom!'