5/25/20
By Tom Cartwright
DEATH FLIGHTS – 25 May 2020
HATE DOES NOT TAKE A HOLIDAY – While the people of the US were thinking about and honoring those who sacrificed their security and lives for our peace and freedom, this Memorial Day, ICE Air was busy taking away the freedom from people coming here for protection and to take part and earn a piece of the American dream. The same America dream that those we honor today fought and gave their lives for to protect for eternity.
Both of my parents served in WWII, one in India/Burma and one in Europe including the Battle of the Bulge. I am quite confident, if they were alive today, that they would be appalled at this bastardization of the American dream that they fought for.
TODAY:
16 flights – 3 Deportations – Honduras (2), Bogata). 4 US Deportation Connections. 3 Deportation returns. 6 Shuffle flights in US.
Ø A second man, Santiago Baten-Oxlag, a 34-year old from Guatemala who was in custody since March, has died as well at a hospital in Georgia after being admitted in mid-April. He was awaiting return to Guatemala.
Ø Today I posted a 6-minute news piece from VICE about how ICE Air continues to spread COVID by shuffling detainees from detention center to detention center. It is worth watching and you can view it here.
Ø ICE Air continued to operate death flights today, but the office workers were apparently on holiday and COVID cases and testing statistics were not updated. As of Friday, 1,201 detainees have tested positive for COVID, up 20 today. 2,394 have been tested, up a meager 26 today. 50% of those tested have been positive for COVID.
Here are the flights for today. The number behind the leg indicates a single individual planes path.
- MIAMI to COLUMBUS (GA) – 1
- COLUMBUS (GA) to HOUSTON – 1
- HOUSTON to HONDURAS – 1
- HONDURAS to MIAMI – 1
- SAN ANTONIO to BROWNSVILLE – 2
- BROWNSVILLE to SAN ANTONIO – 3
- SAN ANTONIO to ALEXANDRIA (LA) – 4
- ALEXANDRIA (LA) to HONDURAS – 4
- HONDURAS to SAN ANTONIO -4
- ALEXANDRIA (LA) to BROWNSVILLE – 5
- BROWNSVILLE to BOGATA – 5
- BOGATA to ALEXANDRIA (LA) – 5
- ALEXANDRIA (LA) – HARRISBURG – 6
- HARRISBURG to BROWNSVILLE – 6
- BROWNSVILLE to ALEXANDRIA (LA) - 6
- MIAMI to ALEXANDRIA (LA) - 7
Note: ICE Air does not disclose their flights. Flight listing gleaned from public flight information, knowledge of detention center locations, air charter services and historic patterns. In rare cases, there may be a flight we miss, or include in error.