Leonel Moreno, the Venezuelan “migrant influencer” known for instructing fellow migrants on how to take advantage of American “squatter’s rights,” is now complaining of “persecution” as he sits in jail.
Moreno, who had over 500,000 followers on TikTok before his account was removed, made headlines last month when he told other illegal immigrants to “seize” houses that appear to be uninhabited, Breitbart News reported.
In a video that had nearly 800,000 views before it was taken down, Moreno said in Spanish: “I found out that there is a law that says if a house is not inhabited, we can seize it.”
Referring to highly controversial “squatter’s rights” laws that exist in varying forms around the U.S., the influencer said the rules allow for a “land invasion.”
“That will be my next business, invading abandoned houses,” he said.
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