TikTok ‘Migrant Influencer’ Leonel Moreno Deported

Leonel Moreno, a Venezuelan illegal migrant “TikTok influencer” who used the Chinese tech platform to teach migrants how to break into American homes and “squat” there, was deported to Caracas in the early midnight hours of Friday.

Moreno arrived at the Simón Bolívar International Airport alongside a new group of 178 Venezuelan deportees. Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister and a long-suspected drug lord wanted by U.S. authorities — confirmed that Moreno was among the deportees in remarks given to reporters.

Cabello stressed that many of the deportees on the plane were “angry” at Moreno and as such, he necessitated special security measures.

“He [Moreno] was on the list of those who were there and he will go through the same procedure — now, what happened with that gentleman is that many of the people who were on the flight were upset because his campaign was to point out that Venezuelans in the world are criminals. {snip}” Cabello said.

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Moreno, also known by the moniker “Leito Oficial,” is a 27-year-old Venezuelan who illegally migrated to the United States in 2022 and became infamous after publishing a series of videos on the Chinese social media platform TikTok calling for other migrants to exploit “squatter’s rights” and seize American homes.

In addition to inciting migrants to commit crimes, other videos published by Moreno featured him gloating and mocking those with traditional jobs, showing large sums of money and bragging about supposed economic aid that he received from the U.S. government.

In his now-deleted TikTok account, Moreno also openly gloated how he did not have to work in the United States, as his U.S.-born child allegedly received thousands of U.S. dollars in stipends — emphasizing that “the trick is to have children in the United States.”

“It hurts you because I earn more than you while you work like a slave,” Moreno reportedly said in one such video. {snip}

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According to a report published by the New York Post in July citing a Homeland Security source, Moreno was a sergeant of the Venezuelan General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM), one of the main repressive institutions of the socialist Maduro regime.

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