Mikael Alejandro Fernandez Subero is a tattoo artist and barber. He left Nueva Esparta state of Venezuela for the United States on September 11, 2023, traveling through the Darien jungle in Panama. He eventually arrived in Mexico, where he remained for a month awaiting his immigration appointment, which would grant him legal approval to enter the United States. This appointment was scheduled for December 9, 2023.
Once he entered the U.S., Mikael settled in New York City with his partner, Glorybet Acosta. Mikael worked as a barber in the US. The couple was doing well, but in February of 2023, Mikael was arrested by ICE.
Glorybet posted a video that describes how Mikael was arrested:
“On February 13, 2025, when I was leaving work at 8 a.m., officers from ICE, the police, and the DEA arrived. They were asking about a person who supposedly lived here where we live. They showed me a photo and said he was Dominican. I told them I didn’t know who he was, and they asked the other person who was with me, and he didn’t know him either. They then asked if they could come into the house to check if it was the person they were looking for. I said it was fine, so I went in and woke up my partner [Mikael] because he was sleeping.
When I woke him up and told him to get dressed, they immediately entered the house, handcuffed him, handcuffed me, and didn’t explain why they were doing this. They didn’t say anything, they just said they were investigating because they were looking for someone involved with mafia activities and crimes.
So, they took him to investigate. After they took him, they did everything they needed to do and it turned out he had no criminal record, wasn’t involved with any mafia, and didn’t owe any tickets—he was clean. But even so, they kept him under ICE custody. After that, they transferred him to Pennsylvania, to a correctional facility.
[Mikael] stayed [in the Pennsylvania detention center] for almost a month. During that month, he became ill, had a fever, and they still didn’t tell us why he was detained. After some time, they transferred him to Texas. When he was transferred to Texas, he called me one Thursday, [March 13, 2025], and told me they were going to send him to Venezuela. I told him that was fine, to stay calm, that nothing would happen. At that time, we still didn’t know why he was detained.
Three days later, I didn’t hear from him until I found out through a video on Sunday, March 16, that he was in El Salvador. When he was transferred to El Salvador, the lawyer sent me some papers saying they were implicating him with theTren de Aragua.
Thank God Mikael has never committed any crime, he has never been incarcerated. The last time I communicated with Mikael was Saturday, March 15, [2025] before he was transferred to El Salvador. He had a fever, had been sick for days, with a headache and stomach pain. The treatment Mikael received was always harsh, always.
They would tell him, “Sit down, don’t stand up,” and they pushed him since he left my house. After they took him, I didn’t hear from him again. The things he told me were that the treatment was very racist, they wouldn’t give him food unless they felt like it, even though he liked the food, they wouldn’t let him have seconds, they yelled at him. They were literally racist just because he was Venezuelan.”
We demand justice! We want justice for Micael Alejandro Fernández Subero. We want justice for him and for all those people who are being implicated with the Tren de Aragua without any evidence.
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Mikael Alejandro Fernández Subero es un tatuador y barbero. Dejó el estado de Nueva Esparta de Venezuela para los Estados Unidos el 11 de septiembre de 2023, viajando a través de la selva del Darién en Panamá. Finalmente llegó a México, donde permaneció un mes esperando su cita de inmigración, que le otorgaría la aprobación legal para ingresar a los Estados Unidos. Esta cita estaba programada para el 9 de diciembre de 2023.
Una vez que ingresó a los EE. UU., Mikael se estableció en la ciudad de Nueva York con su pareja, Glorybet Acosta. Mikael trabajaba como barbero en los EE. UU. La pareja estaba bien, pero en febrero de 2023, Mikael fue arrestado por ICE.
Glorybet publicó un video que describe cómo arrestaron a Mikael:
“El 13 de febrero de 2025, cuando salía del trabajo a las 8 a.m., llegaron oficiales de ICE, la policía y la DEA. Estaban preguntando por una persona que supuestamente vivía aquí donde vivimos. Me mostraron una foto y dijeron que era dominicano. Les dije que no sabía quién era, y le preguntaron a la otra persona que estaba conmigo, y él tampoco lo conocía. Luego preguntaron si podían entrar a la casa para verificar si era la persona que buscaban. Dije que estaba bien, así que entré y desperté a mi pareja [Mikael] porque estaba durmiendo.
Cuando lo desperté y le dije que se vistiera, entraron inmediatamente a la casa, lo esposaron, me esposaron a mí, y no explicaron por qué estaban haciendo esto. No dijeron nada, solo dijeron que estaban investigando porque buscaban a alguien involucrado en actividades de mafia y crímenes.
Así que se lo llevaron para investigar. Después de llevárselo, hicieron todo lo que tenían que hacer y resultó que no tenía antecedentes penales, no estaba involucrado con ninguna mafia y no debía ninguna multa, estaba limpio. Pero aun así, lo mantuvieron bajo custodia de ICE. Después de eso, lo trasladaron a Pensilvania, a un centro correccional.
[Mikael] estuvo [en el centro de detención de Pensilvania] durante casi un mes. Durante ese mes, se enfermó, tuvo fiebre, y aún no nos dijeron por qué estaba detenido. Después de un tiempo, lo trasladaron a Texas. Cuando lo trasladaron a Texas, me llamó un jueves, [13 de marzo de 2025], y me dijo que lo iban a enviar a Venezuela. Le dije que estaba bien, que se mantuviera tranquilo, que no pasaría nada. En ese momento, aún no sabíamos por qué estaba detenido.
Tres días después, no supe nada de él hasta que me enteré a través de un video el domingo, 16 de marzo, que estaba en El Salvador. Cuando lo trasladaron a El Salvador, el abogado me envió algunos papeles diciendo que lo estaban implicando con el Tren de Aragua.
¡Exigimos justicia! Queremos justicia para Micael Alejandro Fernández Subero. Queremos justicia para él y para todas aquellas personas que están siendo implicadas con el Tren de Aragua sin ninguna evidencia.
