Luis Tomás Morillo Pina, who goes by Tomas, is from Puerto Cabello, Carabobo state. He has two children, a 13-year-old boy who lives abroad, and the 14-year-old girl who is with her mother in Venezuela, according to his sister, Marlin Morillo.
She said her brother had various jobs in Venezuela. He worked at a pet store, as a bricklayer, as a waiter, and as a food vendor. Selling food was what he did most often. He also did these kinds of jobs in the United States. Tomas has two (2) tattoos with the names of his children. The siblings lost their mother four years ago.
Tomas had been living in Denver, Colorado for two years when he was arrested at his home in 2025. "They came knocking on his door, he said his name, opened it, and then he was arrested," Marlin said.
"The reason for his arrest is that there were supposedly members of the Aragua Train in the building where he lived," she said, before immediately adding: "My brother has never belonged to a gang. He's never even been to jail. We were shocked by the news ."
Marlin Morillo emphasizes that she and her family have been living in anguish due to not having information about the health status of Luis Tomás Morillo Piña. The last time she spoke to her brother was on March 13, 2025, when the young man was still being held in a US prison. "'Mana, we're going to Venezuela,' he told her. I told him, 'Bro, they're waiting for you here with open arms, come here.”
“They tricked him and took him to El Salvador,'" she recalls sadly.When asked if Marlin was able to spot Tomas in the video circulated by Donald Trump's allies on Monday, May 12, showing Venezuelans detained at the Cecot (Cecot), she said he didn't see Tomas. "I didn't see him, no matter how hard I looked."
She adds that seeing him would have been "a relief, a hope."
Marlin said that Tomas’ younger son "asks for his father, because his father was looking after him every day."
Marlin sent message to her brother on social media: “As you know I was in Mexico. And when I saw you on the news, I came. I came to help you, and here I am fighting for you, man. Until I see you here, I will not stop fighting. I'll be waiting for you here with open arms. I love you very much.”
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