SAN ANTONIO — The Bexar County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday that it wouldn't pursue criminal charges after about 50 migrants were taken by plane from San Antonio to an island off the coast of Massachusetts in September 2022, a flight which sparked scrutiny by officials who claimed the migrants were lured under false pretenses.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) had filed unlawful restraint charges and submitted its case in the spring of 2023 in connection with the incident. Now, after more than two years of scouring evidence, the DA's office said it wouldn't seek prosecution of those in San Antonio alleged to have coordinated the flight, citing a lack of evidence.

"As prosecutors, it is our sworn duty to bring charges only when the facts of the case support them," Be

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