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Deportees defiantly return
Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Deportees defiantly return
Venezuelan Daniel Marcano, who is registered and residing here in Trinidad, was among relatives on shore waiting for their loved ones. He said the boat had engine problems and the migrants never made it to Venezuela. He was accompanied by two other Venezuelan men whose wives and children were on the boats. Marcano was happy they had returned but was unsure what would happen with them or where they were going to be detained.
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