Mug shot of social media mooch
The mug shot of a “migrant influencer” on the lam in the US after fleeing immigration officials has surfaced for the first time — as the freeloader took to social media again to mock American taxpayers for working like slaves.
Leonel Moreno, who has made a name for himself on TikTok by encouraging others to “invade” and squat at the homes of citizens, skipped out on Immigration and Customs Enforcement soon after crossing the southern border into Texas illegally in 2022.
The Venezuelan national was originally enrolled in the Alternatives to Detention program and paroled due to a lack of space in detention facilities.
He was listed as an “absconder” when he failed to show up for a later court date, internal ICE records show.
A defiant Moreno posted a flurry of videos to Instagram on Wednesday of himself flashing wads of cash — the same day he was booted from TikTok over similar content.
“I didn’t cross the Rio Grande to work like a slave,” Moreno said in one of the five Instagram clips. “I came to the US to mark my territory.”
As he waved a stack of $100 bills in front of the camera, the fugitive migrant claimed to have enough money to support himself and his wife and baby for at least 18 months without having to work.
“You’re hurt because I make more than you without much work while you work like slaves, understand?” Moreno said. “That’s the difference between you and me. I’m always going to make lots of money without much work, and you’re always going to be exploited and miserable and insignificant.”
He later shrugged off his TikTok ban, insisting: “Yes, they closed my TikTok account, but I keep earning on Facebook and on Instagram. I won’t earn the same, but I am going to get my TikTok account back. I am going to keep earning money.”
Emily Crane and