They denounced the disappearance of 29 Venezuelan migrants wrecked after their departure for Trinidad and Tobago

Around 29 Venezuelan migrants disappeared after the sinking of a small fishing boat in which they left last Thursday clandestinely in Trinidad and TobagoDeputy opposition leader Robert Alcalá denounced Sunday.

The boat left Güiria, in the state of Sucre (northeast), with nine pbadengers but his captain made further stops to reach 29 occupants, Revealed the Venezuelan parliamentarian to the agency AFP.

The Venezuelan authorities have not confirmed what happened for the moment.

This is the second shipwreck reported by Alcalá in the region in less than a month. On 23 April a boat with 33 occupants sank, nine pbadengers were saved alive and a 16-year-old girl has pbaded away, without knowing until now the fate of others, as said then Alcalá.

Many boats, with a capacity of about 10 occupants, are prone to being overweightsaid the MP who said that no aerial search had been triggered. "It's the artisbad fishermen who started the research", he said.

According to him, some went to Trinidad and Tobago for the first time to look for opportunities in the midst of the crisis in the Caribbean, while others went to visit their relatives on the island. 39; island.

Clandestine departures occur in "complicity with coastal authorities"he badured.

MP says Mafias have formed a women's trafficking network in which they capture low-income Venezuelans. "They are deceived by the pimps, then they are kidnapped and forced to pay high sums," he said.

Official sources reported fuel smuggling activities (virtually free in Venezuela) and gold in Trinidad and Tobago. Human rights organizations also report cases of trafficking in human beings.

The majority of the opposition, the Parliament calculates about 60,000 Venezuelans living in Trinidad and Tobago.

In January 2018, five Venezuelans were killed during the overthrow of a boat leaving the state of Falcón (north-west) towards Curaçao. 16 other people survived.

According to UNHCR, more than 3 million Venezuelans have left the country since 2015. According to the UN, this number is expected to reach 5.3 million by the end of 2019.