Around 100 people disappeared trying to make the crossing between 2018 and 2019.
Mr Saab said each migrant had paid $150 to what he described as a human-trafficking ring for their passage.
Mourners hold candles in Caracas, Venezuela, at a vigil for victims found drowned this past weekend attempting to reach Trinidad and Tobago.
AP
He has ordered the arrest of 10 people. The boat owner and the owner of the farm from which the boat left have been arrested and charged with people-trafficking.
The government has also ordered the arrest of seven members of the National Guard for extorsion linked to the tragedy.
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At least 20 dead in Venezuelan migrant shipwreck
Migrants from Venezuela are fleeing to Trinidad and Tobago in fragile overloaded boats H. J. I. / AA
15.12.2020
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At least 20 dead in Venezuelan migrant shipwreck
The port of Guiria in northeastern Venezuela from where many migrants try to make the perilous crossing to Trinidad and Tobago
Foto: Agencies
At least 20 Venezuelan migrants died over the weekend when their ship bound for Trinidad and Tobago sank en route.
The Venezuelan government said in a statement that 11 bodies were found by a Coast Guard patrol Saturday afternoon and other bodies were discovered Sunday on nearby beaches.
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