TCT-IMM-010 · Crime
Venezuelan crime fell 72% because Venezuela sent criminals to the U.S.
Statement and context
“Their crime is down 72% because they’ve sent all of their drug dealers, their criminals and most of their prisoners into our country.”
2024-07-09, campaign rally, Doral, Florida.
What the evidence shows
Venezuela does not publish sufficiently reliable national crime data to validate a 72% decline. The independent Venezuelan Observatory of Violence estimated a roughly 25% decline in violent deaths from 2022 to 2023. Experts cited population loss, economic conditions, and state violence among possible reasons. They found no evidence that Venezuela emptied prisons and sent their populations to the United States. The numeric and causal parts are both unsupported by the available evidence.
False
Sources and attribution
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