The Ministry of National Security has repatriated 35 of the 39 Venezuelans who came to T&T on Saturday on a vessel involved in an incident that resulted in the death of a baby.However, attorneys representing Venezuelan the migrants are demanding to know why the Ministry deported “witnesses in the investigation into the toddlers’ death.”

The ministry said in a statement that, in keeping with established protocols between the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard and its Venezuelan counterparts, a repatriation exercise was completed at the border between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela yesterday.“Persons on this repatriation exercise included 35 of the 39 Venezuelan nationals, who had entered Trinidad and Tobago illegally on 6 February 2022,” the statement said.The Coast Guard said the main operational unit in this exercise ensured that all of its efforts were in keeping with the highest standards of professional conduct, consistent with the government’s policy and the laws of T&T.

The migrants were taken to Guiria where they will meet with family members and return to Tucupita, Venezuela.However, attorney Criston J Williams of Criston J Williams and Company told Guardian Media that he wanted to know whether the investigation announced in Parliament had been concluded and what information could be given to justify their return if the investigation was concluded.He added if the investigation was concluded it should be made public.

Williams said when they spoke to their clients Thursday they were being interviewed by Coast Guard officials.
“We also know that they were not interviewed by members of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service. We want to know what the Acting Commissioner of Police, McDonald Jacob has to say about this because someone died and there must be an investigation by the police,” he said.

Rowley sanctions murder of Venezuelan and now the biggest cover up is at work pnm Rowley style. If this is taken to a maritime court of law the coast guard of Trinidad will be found GUILTY of the same murder Rowley sanction. And everyone is consume with this matter Rowley is winning again by this distraction from the mosquito creek issue a contract sign by imbert @ a cost of2.44 billion USD with 2 billion USD in consultant fees alone.

What yuh expect is PNM Coast Gauards and Police of course they will send home the witnesses so no one can give an accurate account of what transpired. Now yuh would only hear how the Coast Guards were afraid for their lives because ah small wooden pirogue was trying to ram their steel hull gunship. Pee On Dem till ah ded😂
Criminals all ah dem

Send the WITNESSES back to VENEZUELA so that ROWLEY and THE PNM could make up their OWN STORY!!!
THIS IS PNM COUNTRY!!!
"How can there be a transparent and credible investigation into this killing when all the witnesses who were on that vessel save for the child's mother and her young daughter were deported?”
A quote from A LADY I have relentlessly criticized on THIS BLOG for years now ... ah cyar believe that she and I eventually ended up on THE SAME PAGE!!!
RORO and HINDS cover dis up faster dan dey cud put ah tarp and cover Big Marlene.

Attorneys have expressed shock and concern over the move to repatriate all the Venezuelans who witnessed the Coast Guard’s tragic killing of baby Yaelvis Santoyo Sarabia.
Attorney Criston J Williams had on Thursday issued a pre-action letter to National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds requesting that the children be released and that the Venezuelans, whom he said were refugees, be given a permit to stay in Trinidad as they were witnesses to the killing of the infant and key to the investigations.

One week ago, last Saturday, a migrant vessel with 37 people—17 adults and 20 children—illegally entered Trinidad’s waters, causing the Coast Guard to intercept and fire upon the vessel.Baby Yaelvis was shot in the head and died in the arms of his mother, Darielvis Sarabia, who was injured and currently hospitalised at the Sangre Grande Hospital.All occupants of the vessel were detailed at the Heliport, Chaguaramas. On Wednesday, Sarabia’s two-year-old daughter, Danna Isabella Santoyo, was released to her father, Yermis Santoyo.

The Express understands that around 4 a.m. yesterday, all the Venezuelans, including the 18 children, were taken to a boat for repa­triation to a Coast Guard base in Güiria, Venezuela.