A Venezuelan woman and her 15 year-old son were released in Trinidad and Tobago, two years after being detained by immigration authorities in the Caribbean country, local media reported this Saturday.
Trinidadian Supreme Judge Margaret Mohammed ordered on Friday night the “immediate” release of Luisa Martínez Hernández and Jesús Martínez, who were detained at the local Immigration Center in the Chaguaramas Heliport since 15 December 2020.
The past 14 July, the Trinidad and Tobago Privy Council ruled that the youth’s detention for 19 months was unlawful.
Given this, Judge Mohammed determined that their detentions were unfair, and that the time they were in jail their mental and physical health was affected.
The magistrate also stated that the risk of escape of the woman and her son was “minimal”, pu he is the father of the minor, he resides in Trinidad.
Both were part of a group of Venezuelans who entered Trinidad and Tobago illegally in November 2020.
However, they were detained and repatriated by the Coast Guard several days later. But they managed to return to Trinidad and Tobago, where they were detained again, but in quarantine and under orders to be deported.
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