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"You are from Venezuela, right?": the story of a journalist who spent weeks in ICE custody

A Venezuelan journalist, Solano, recounts his detention by U.S.

Solano was detained on July 26 by Border Patrol agents while working as an Uber driver.

He was held for three days in Dania Beach and then transferred to Krome detention center for about 15 days.

An agent told him that USCIS was not doing its job, necessitating a court appearance.

A judge set a $5,000 bond, which was paid, leading to his release.

AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Cleared by VeraVadis's automated editorial gates on 2026-08-17 — not reviewed by a human editor. Archive piece: published under our earlier method. It does not carry the per-claim evidence chain — who reported it first and who is echoing whom — that our current pieces carry. The source link and the date are the original ones.