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Katie Fang Reports: The Flight, the Hotel, the Deaths
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Katie Fang delivers a meticulous, damning account of what happened on the morning of June 24. The ICE-operated flight departed Miami and carried 146 deportees — including 19 women and 7 children — to Simón Bolívar International Airport, touching down at 10:22 AM local time [1] — Katie Fang "MeidasTouch's Katie Fang broke down the timeline: the ICE flight from Miami, the transfer to Hotel Santuario in La Guaira, and the devastat…" 08:57 . From there, the deportees were transported to Hotel Santuario in La Guaira, the coastal city just north of Caracas. Fang pauses on the hotel's name — noting for Spanish speakers that 'santuario' means 'sanctuary' — and calls it 'just tragic,' a word that takes on full weight when she describes the hotel becoming a death trap rather than a safe transit point. Her conclusion is unambiguous: 'The process of their deaths was started by the Trump administration.' The segment is notable for its precision and its willingness to draw a direct causal line between policy and death.
The ICE deportation flight from Miami to Simón Bolívar Airport carried 146 people, including 19 women and 7 children, landing hours before the earthquake.
MeidasTouch's Katie Fang broke down the timeline: the ICE flight from Miami, the transfer to Hotel Santuario in La Guaira, and the devastating earthquake that followed. The hotel's name — 'sanctuary' in Spanish — made the tragedy even more bitter. Fang drew a direct line from Trump's deportation policy to the deaths.
CNN confronted Congressman Carlos Jiménez with the news that 150 Venezuelans his policies helped deport were at the earthquake epicenter when it struck. His response: they were deported legally, and what happened after is just 'an act of God.' Nobody could have foreseen an earthquake, he said — despite months of seismic warnings.
