A Venezuelan makeup artist detained in 2024 while seeking asylum is speaking out — saying his tattoos were mistakenly connected to an infamous gang, and that a former Milwaukee police sergeant played a role in his deportation to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
Andry Hernández Romero says the crown tattoos on his wrists are a tribute to his parents — not a symbol of gang membership.
“This is the Mom tattoo, and this is the Dad tattoo,” Hernández Romero said…