Deputy Chief Elias Agalianos And Officers Caught Assisting MAGA Gestapo USICE Immigration Enforcement Operations In Illinois

Waukegan has a large undocumented taxpaying population, and Deputy Chief of Police Agalianos and his officers were video recorded assisting MAGA Gestapo USCBP in immigration enforcement operations.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 8, 2025

Waukegan, Illinois - On Friday, November 7, 2025, the Waukegan Police Department assisted a MAGA Gestapo USCBP immigration enforcement operation at Fulton Ave. and Catalpa Street in Waukegan. According to a video posted by Gtz Nancy in her Facebook account, multiple Waukegan police officers including Waukegan Police Department (WPD) Deputy Chief Elias Agalianos were at the scene assisting USCBP.

Also, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (USCBP) Commander Gregory Bovino, who recently lied (that he got struck in the head with rock, video evidence from the scene showed he was never struck with a rock) in a federal court testimony showed up at the scene as well. WPD Deputy Chief Agalianos is shown in the Gtz Nancy video telling USCBP Chief Bovino, "I wish you could have given a little more of a heads up for certain things, but I understand...God bless you for all you do for the U.S.A.." In other words, WPD Deputy Chief Agalianos apparently believes all of the alleged illegal acts committed under Bovino's command, that includes arrests of individuals without judicial warrants, illegal vehicle break-ins by USCBP agents to arrest individuals, engaging in domestic terrorism by shooting tear gas balls and canisters at peaceful protesters and fatally shooting a victim, and the shooting of Marimar Martinez in Chicago by a USCBP Supervisor Charles Exum, and including using excessive force by USCBP agents, entering private properties without a judicial warrant, lying by Bovino himself and also constant lying by the USDHS, the kidnapping of individuals throughout Waukegan and Chicago without due process must be Ok, according to WPD Deputy Chief Agalianos friendly talk with Bovino.

Residents in Waukegan are accusing Police Chief Edgar Navarro of lying when he has told them that Waukegan police doesn't assist USICE or USCBP in immigration enforcement operations. Local residents are now calling for Chief Navarro to resign after his department has failed to respond to numerous emergency calls that USICE and the USCBP agents have been committing alleged illegal acts against local residents. No police officers are sent to the scene to investigate criminal activity by USICE or USCBP, according to Facebook posts by local immigration rights advocate Margaret Carrasco in Waukegan.

Gtz Nancy on Saturday,  also confirmed to Hispanic News Network U.S.A.  (HNNUSA) that Waukegan police blocked the streets at Fulton Ave. and Catalpa Street during the USCBP immigration enforcement operation, and one individual was taken into custody by USCBP.

Also on Friday, a Facebook video posted by Marcos Rodríguez showed that Edward Ramirez, who says he is a U.S. citizen being escorted (arrested) by USCBP agents and their Commander Bovino around 2:00 p.m. at the vicinity of Fulton Ave. and Catalpa Street in Waukegan.

The USDHS, USICE and USCBP including its federal partners have a history of ignoring local, state and federal laws including not abiding by the U.S. Constitution and not affording due process for those individuals arrested during illegal immigration enforcement operations in the country.

Waukegan has a large undocumented taxpaying population, and Deputy Chief of Police Agalianos and his officers were video recorded assisting MAGA Gestapo USCBP in immigration enforcement operations.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 8, 2025

Waukegan, Illinois - On Friday, November 7, 2025, the Waukegan Police Department assisted a MAGA Gestapo USCBP immigration enforcement operation at Fulton Ave. and Catalpa Street in Waukegan. According to a video posted by Gtz Nancy in her Facebook account, multiple Waukegan police officers including Waukegan Police Department (WPD) Deputy Chief Elias Agalianos were at the scene assisting USCBP.

Also, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (USCBP) Commander Gregory Bovino, who recently lied (that he got struck in the head with rock, video evidence from the scene showed he was never struck with a rock) in a federal court testimony showed up at the scene as well. WPD Deputy Chief Agalianos is shown in the Gtz Nancy video telling USCBP Chief Bovino, "I wish you could have given a little more of a heads up for certain things, but I understand...God bless you for all you do for the U.S.A.." In other words, WPD Deputy Chief Agalianos apparently believes all of the alleged illegal acts committed under Bovino's command, that includes arrests of individuals without judicial warrants, illegal vehicle break-ins by USCBP agents to arrest individuals, engaging in domestic terrorism by shooting tear gas balls and canisters at peaceful protesters and fatally shooting a victim, and the shooting of Marimar Martinez in Chicago by a USCBP Supervisor Charles Exum, and including using excessive force by USCBP agents, entering private properties without a judicial warrant, lying by Bovino himself and also constant lying by the USDHS, the kidnapping of individuals throughout Waukegan and Chicago without due process must be Ok, according to WPD Deputy Chief Agalianos friendly talk with Bovino.

Residents in Waukegan are accusing Police Chief Edgar Navarro of lying when he has told them that Waukegan police doesn't assist USICE or USCBP in immigration enforcement operations. Local residents are now calling for Chief Navarro to resign after his department has failed to respond to numerous emergency calls that USICE and the USCBP agents have been committing alleged illegal acts against local residents. No police officers are sent to the scene to investigate criminal activity by USICE or USCBP, according to Facebook posts by local immigration rights advocate Margaret Carrasco in Waukegan.

Gtz Nancy on Saturday,  also confirmed to Hispanic News Network U.S.A.  (HNNUSA) that Waukegan police blocked the streets at Fulton Ave. and Catalpa Street during the USCBP immigration enforcement operation, and one individual was taken into custody by USCBP.

Also on Friday, a Facebook video posted by Marcos Rodríguez showed that Edward Ramirez, who says he is a U.S. citizen being escorted (arrested) by USCBP agents and their Commander Bovino around 2:00 p.m. at the vicinity of Fulton Ave. and Catalpa Street in Waukegan.

The USDHS, USICE and USCBP including its federal partners have a history of ignoring local, state and federal laws including not abiding by the U.S. Constitution and not affording due process for those individuals arrested during illegal immigration enforcement operations in the country.

Full video link: https://youtube.com/shorts/Bl824O4x-NU

MATC President Anthony Cruz Eliminates The Multicultural Affairs Office After 53 Years Of Student Services, Communities Of Color Contemplating Cruz's Resignation

Cruz and the Milwaukee Board of Trustees continue to ignore the demands by communities of color to restore the Multicultural Affairs Office student services at Milwaukee Area Technical College.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 10, 2025

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Since July 2024, Dr. Anthony Cruz has ignored complaints by faculty, students and workers who have suffered retribution, harassment, discrimination, retaliation and employment discrimination under a systematic hostile work environment perpetuated by the corrupt Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) administration including from Laquitha Bonds-Jones, the Vice-President and Chief Human Resources Officer, who has been accused by the AFT Local 212 union of altering policy documents without authorization by Dr. Cruz and the MATC Board of Trustees. Also, Bonds-Jones was allegedly responsible of wage-pay reduction by 7.23% affecting part-time faculty in 2025, which nearly $900 of reduction hourly wages were cut for more than 700 part-time faculty employees totalling an estimated $622,688.57. Since the AFT Local 212 union revelation of the wage-pay discrepancy and Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) news report, the MATC administration has agreed to refund the wages to part-time faculty.

Despite Bonds-Jones alleged ineffectiveness and incompetence operation of the Human Resources Office, she remains employed at the technical college. Bonds-Jones has an estimated salary of more than $182,155 per year.

To add injury to the open wound, Dr. Cruz without informing the communities of color in the Milwaukee metro area decided to just eliminate the Multicultural Affairs Office after 53 years of providing multicultural student services and terminated 4 student services specialists without giving them the option to transfer to other open qualified positions at MATC to comply with Trump's end of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs, which is deemed illegal and unconstitutional by three federal court rulings.

To date, Dr. Cruz hasn't earned his salary, simply because he hasn't improved the internal turmoil, toxic and the systemic hostile work environment created by his administration affecting faculty, students and workers at MATC. Currently, Dr. Cruz earns more than $285,000 in salary per year, with $15,000 travel allowance and $55,000 retirement annuity.

The Multicultural Affairs Office was created at MATC after a successful sit-in by Native-Americans in 1973 demanding space for indigenous students to gather, organize and to be allowed to receive multicultural student services in order to succed at the technical college. The creation of the Multicultural Affairs Office after 1973 was also welcomed by the Latino, African-American and growing Asian communities.

Today, more than 15 local organizations have joined the Coalition to Reclaim MATC. The coalition is composed of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council, Wisconsin Indian Education Association, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association, Voces de la Frontera, Shee Yee Community of Milwaukee Inc, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, Milwaukee Chapter, Progressive Baptist Church, Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, Hmong American Friendship Association, Black Men Organizing, MIRACLE Mental Health Network, Pastors United, Souls to the Polls and Students for Democratic Society-UWM, who have been organizing to restore the Multicultural Affairs Office student services at MATC.

MATC wrongfully replace the Multicultural Affairs Office with the Office of Community Impact and eliminated all ethnic based student services for Latino/Hispanic, African-American, Asian-American and Native-American students.

The Coalition to Reclaim MATC held a protest at the technical college during the MATC Board of Trustees on October 28, 2025, and will stage another protest on November 24, 2025 at the 700 block of W. State Street and S. 6th Street during the Board meeting at Room M210 at 4:00 p.m..

The MATC Board of Trustees under Chairperson Erica L. Case continues to ignore the communities of color demands to restore the Multicultural Affairs Office student services and to rehire those that have been terminated including a liberian who had applied more than 60 times for a full-time position, and finally received a position, but was terminated without just cause. (October 28th Board meeting, public comment testimony by former MATC Librian Jennifer Wayd and members of the Coalition to Reclaim MATC at link: https://youtu.be/5Hq89U8ONw8)

According to MATC and community sources, if Dr. Cruz continues to ignore the communities of color demands to restore the Multicultural Affairs Office student services and rehire the 4 student services specialists that were terminated in September 2025 including the terminated liberian, with full back pay wages, and seniority, the Coalition to Reclaim MATC will have no alternative then to seek Cruz's resignation, including the resignation of the hostile and corrupt MATC administration.

So far, Dr. Cruz has failed to address the MATC faculty hostile work environment complaints and to restore the Multicultural Affairs Office student services.

The Coalition to Reclaim MATC has reached out to Dr. Cruz in order to meet and resolve the pending issues with no avail by Cruz.

Carlos Aranda, a counselor at MATC released the following statement on Saturday, "The Milwaukee Area Technical College administration has an obligation to act with integrity and uphold the standards of fairness and accountability that define true leadership."

"Over the past several months—August, September, and October—community members and advocates have met with Milwaukee Area Technical College President Dr. Anthony Cruz and attended District Board meetings to request the reinstatement of three women of color and one man of color whose employment was terminated under the current administration. These individuals have suffered significant financial and psychological harm as a result of those decisions.

"Many in the community believe that, during his first year at MATC, President Cruz has demonstrated a limited understanding of Wisconsin's community college mission, particularly its role in serving underrepresented populations. In addition, there are growing concerns regarding the District Board's commitment to ethical governance, transparency, and the responsible stewardship of taxpayer resources. Questions have been raised about potential conflicts of interest among certain board members and how these relationships may influence decisions that affect the college community.

"The current situation has not only damaged the reputation of the college's leadership but also eroded public trust in the integrity of its governance.

"We invite all concerned members of the MATC and Milwaukee community to join us on Monday, November 24, at 4:00 p.m. in Room M210 on the Milwaukee Campus.

"This will mark the fourth time that community members have come before the District Board to respectfully urge the administration to restore the Four + 1 employees—with back pay and benefits—consistent with the principles of justice and accountability.

"It is time for the MATC administration to act with integrity and do what is right. Each day that passes without resolution deepens the harm and weakens public confidence in the institution's moral and civic responsibilities."

The members of the MATC Board of Trustees are, Erica L. Case, Chairperson; Citlali Mendieta-Ramos, Vice-Chairperson; Dr. Waleed Najeeb, Secretary; Gail Pence, Treasurer; Lauren Baker; Mark F. Foley and Wisconsin State Representative Supreme Moore-Omokunde (D-Milw).

Editor's note: It's time for the communities of color to organize a major march from the Southside of Milwaukee to downtown MATC in solidarity with the Coalition to Reclaim MATC demands to restore the Multicultural Affairs Office and rehire the 4 + 1.

Protest Held Opposing The Elimination Of The Multicultural Affairs Office At MATC, 15 Organizations Demand Reinstatement Of 4 Student Services Specialists

Protest held at the Milwaukee Area Technical College to demand reinstatement of the Multicultural Affairs Office student services and to also reinstate 4 student services specialists who were unjustly terminated by MATC President Dr. Cruz.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 29, 2025

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, members representing 4 communities, Latino/Hispanic, African-American, Asian-American and Native-American gathered at the Milwaukee Area Technical College located at the 700 block of W. State Ave. to protest MATC President Dr. Anthony Cruz's decision to eliminate the Multicultural Affairs Office student services and the unjust firing of 4 student services specialists. 

The Multicultural communities want the MATC Board of Trustees and Dr. Cruz to reinstate the Multicultural Affairs Office and reinstate the 4 student services employees that were terminated in September 2025.

The MATC Board of Trustees held a meeting on Tuesday, while a protest was staged outside to draw attention that the technical college is unjustly eliminating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs to appease Trump's illegal act to phase out diversity programs.

The members of the Coalition to Reclaim MATC are:

• Milwaukee Area Labor Council 

• Wisconsin Indian Education Association

• Milwaukee Teachers Education Association

• Voces de la Frontera

• Shee Yee Community of Milwaukee Inc 

• Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, Milwaukee Chapter 

• Progressive Baptist Church 

• Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression

• Hmong American Friendship Association

• Black Men Organizing

• MIRACLE Mental Health Network

• Pastors United 

• Souls to the Polls

• MICAH – Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope 

• Students for Democratic Society - UW-Milwaukee 

3 members from the Coalition to Reclaim MATC spoke against the elimination of the Multicultural Affairs Office and the termination of 4 student services specialists at the MATC Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday.

• Melanie Leyva representing Voces de la Frontera

• Pam Fendt representing Milwaukee Area Labor Council 

• William Xiong representing Shee Yee Community, Inc.

MATC Board public comments video at link: https://youtu.be/5Hq89U8ONw8

YouTube video of MATC protest at link: https://youtu.be/vCY0HqVCW8A

Article link (dated 10/27/2025): https://tinyurl.com/yc5vshb9

MATC Board Chair Erica Case Continues To Ignore The Unjust Elimination Of The Multicultural Affairs Office Affecting Communities Of Color

Case in a response to the Coalition to Reclaim MATC says in an email that the MATC Board of Trustees will not allow any discussion of personal matters concerning MATC personnel at Tuesday's meeting including the 4 student services specialists unjustly fired when the Multicultural Affairs Office was eliminated in mid-August 2025.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 27, 2025

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Monday, Erica L. Case, the Chairperson of the Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) Board of Trustees responded to a letter by the Coalition to Reclaim MATC in regards to add an agenda item to deal with the elimination of the Multicultural Affairs Office in mid-August 2025 and the unjust termination of 4 student services specialists affecting the Latino/Hispanic community including the African-American, Asian-American and the Native-American communities in the metropolitan area of Milwaukee County. 

The Coalition to Reclaim MATC (CRMATC) composed of 15 organizations on October 20, 2025 submitted a letter to the Milwaukee Area Technical College President Dr. Anthony Cruz and the Board of Trustees demanding for the Multicultural Affairs Office and 4 student services specialists that were terminated in mid-August 2025 be reinstated. The CRMATC wrote, "This coalition does not agree that the proposed services to replace the Multicultural Center will adequately serve the needs of the student body. We are calling on MATC to recommit to an improved environment for students and staff of color...Services for multicultural students must be restored to revive the MATC principles for serving the community...There have been previous calls for an audit of MATC HR actions, and we jointly echo that call. Without responsive action, many stakeholders are concerned that they will not be able to recommend MATC as a place for higher education."

In response, Case, the Chairperson of the MATC Board of Trustees responded on Monday, October 2 7, 2025 wrote to the CRMATC, "Your request for an agenda tem to discuss personnel matters is declined. The MATC Board is a policy governance board, not a direct management board, and therefore it is outside of the jurisdiction of the Board to direct individual personnel decisions of College departments. The Board cannot direct MATC's administration to reinstate specific individuals or to provide particular benefits to certain individuals Moreover, personnel decisions are generally confidential in nature and inappropriate for open discussion at board meetings. MATC cannot discuss with third parties matters involving individual personnel."

"Additionally, MATC's administration has the delegated authority to handle requests such as interna audits, which are shared in various ways with the college.

"Given that these requests are not within the purview of the Board, and that such matters are also nappropriate as Board agenda items, this topic will not be added to the October 2025 meeting agenda."

The continued stand by MATC President Dr. Anthony Cruz and the MATC Board to ignore multiple requests by local community members, instructors, students and organizations for transparency and to publicly address the unjust elimination of the Multicultural Affairs Office elimination and the termination of 4 student services specialists has ignited a community at large and a multi-organization campaign to continue to address the matter and a planned peaceful protest to demand reinstatement of the Multicultural Affairs Office student services and the reinstatement of the 4 student services specialists who were unjustly terminated on mid-August. 

The MATC administration has had a history of ignoring Latino staff and faculty, and they don't take them into account regarding decisions made that would affect them at any level.

Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) received a copy of a resignation letter by Josephine Gomez, Director of High School Relations, Transfer and Articulation, and International Programs dated Agust 26, 2023, which Gomez claimed she was being mandated to take on a candidate for an open position that she wasn't taken into consideration whether she wanted to participate in that decision. So, she submitted her resignation and did not comply with the MATC's administration's corrupt practices at the time, which ignoring Latino faculty and staff at the technical college has become a standard practice, which continues today, and has reached the MATC president's office and the Board.

As a response to Gomez's resignation in 2023, the MATC administration offered her the position as dean of community education and strategic engagement since December of 2024, and currently is also in charge of the MATC Education Center at Walker’s Square in the Southside of Milwaukee.

According to a large consensus by multi-sections of the community in the metropolitan Milwaukee area today, it seems that the community has lost confidence in President Dr. Cruz's ability to lead with fairness and compassion. To many, his continued leadership at MATC represents a barrier wall to healing, progress, transparency and trust. Therefore, a call for his resignation or removal, so that MATC can begin the process of genuine recovery and reconciliation continues to echo across Milwaukee.

A protest will take place on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at the Northwest corner of S. 6 Street and W. State Street outside of MATC, 700 W. State Street at 3:30 p.m. and during the scheduled 4:00 p.m. Board meeting at Room M210.

39-year-old Armando Barragan, Latin Kings Fugitive From Wisconsin Evaded Arrest For 20 Years In Mexico, He Was Taken Into Custody And Facing Extradition To U.S.

Barragan fled to Mexico in 2005 to avoid prosecution before the FBI was able to arrest him on federal charges for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and connected to a homicide incorporated to a racketeering federal charge.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 25, 2025

García, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico - On Thursday, Armando Barragan, 39, was taken into custody without incident by Mexican state authorities in the state of Nuevo León in Mexico in a joined fugitive apprehension operation with the U.S. Marshals Service and the U.S. Consulate. Barragan was located and arrested in the City of García in the municipality of Monterrey, State of Nuevo León in Mexico, according to the Nuevo León Attorney General's office.

Barragan who fled to Mexico in 2005 to avoid state and federal prosecution was turned over to the U.S. Consulate and the U.S. Marshals Service, on Thursday, October 23, 2025 by Mexican authorities, and is being possessed for extradition to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the U.S., to face state and federal charges.

On September 9, 2004, Barragan, then 18, and a 19th Street Latin Kings gang leader was criminally charged for one felony count for harboring/aiding a felon in Milwaukee County. A felony warrant was issued for Barragan on December 20, 2025 in Milwaukee County.

If convicted, Barragan is facing up to 18 months in prison for harboring and aiding a felon.

Barragan in 2003 ordered Latin Kings members to kill a innocent bystander, Kevin Hirschfield, 26, at a gas station in Cudahy during an altercation with rival gang members. Timothy Vallejo,  25, Emmanuel Martinez, 17, and Mario Banda fired dozens of gunshots striking Hirschfield who died at the scene. Both Vallejo and Martínez are serving federal life prison sentences for Hirschfield's homicide.

Hirschfield's homicide led to a federal criminal investigation that indicted 59 Latin Kings members by the feds.

Then in 2005, Barragan fled to Mexico after federal authorities charged him along with other Latin Kings members with multiple federal crimes including racketeering.

Barragan is also facing a homicide charge for  Hirschfield's murder in federal court, if convicted, he is facing life in a federal prison.  

36-year-old Rachel L. Amell Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison For Attempting To Protect Her 4-year-old Child From An Abusive Father In Waukesha County

Amell claimed she was attempting to protect her 4-year-old child from an abusive father in Wisconsin, but she was charged in Waukesha County with interfering with custody beyond visitation, and was convicted, then sentenced to 6 years in prison.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 21, 2025

Waukesha, Wisconsin - On October 2, 2025, Rachel L. Amell, 36, was sentenced to 6 years in prison, with 3 years in confinement and 3 years supervision for one felony count for interfering with custody beyond visitation, according to Waukesha County Court records.

Amell hasn't released any information, if she will be appealing her conviction.

Amell was convicted on June 3, but she claimed that she was just attempting to protect her 4-year-old child from an abusive father. In her X account (formerly Twitter), she posted on July 22, 2024 that she found her son alone on July 2, 2024 at his father's residence. (HNNUSA article link: http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2024/08/34-year-old-rachel-amell-from-kentucky.html)

In August 2024, Amell contacted Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) and compared her plight similar to the Julie Valadez case in Waukesha County. Amell said, that what she has experienced in Wisconsin (Waukesha County Family court) is corruption and collusion to violate her Constitutional rights as a mother, and she claims that her case is similar to the ongoing Julie Valadez v. Ricardo Valadez divorce case in Waukesha County, which Julie was the first to publicly expose the corruption and collusion by Waukesha County Family Court Judges Michael J. Aprahamian and Ralph M. Ramirez who were both forced from further presiding over the Valadez divorce case due to multiple erroneous decisions and not abiding by state laws to protect a domestic abuse spouse and her children (Wisconsin State of Appeals Court rulings in the Valadez divorce case). In this case, Julie Valadez was charged with two felony charges for interfering with the custody of another, and is currently residing in Canada, seeking refugee status. Julie's 4 children were illegally placed with the abusive father by both Judges Aprahamian and Ramirez, Judge Jennifer R. Dorow, is now presiding over Julie's case.

On July 18, 2024, Amell posted on her FB account, I deeply resonate with this story. One of the many reasons I left my ex-boyfriend, with whom I share a 4-year-old child, was his negligence and recklessness with my children. He would spend countless hours on video games, neglecting their needs. Unfortunately, nothing has changed. Recently, my son was left home alone, with the car garage doors wide open, and I discovered him in that situation. Despite this and many other instances of negligence, the court still continues to grant my ex-boyfriend full temporary custody of our child. To which, they have done illegally, as I have an Order on Stipulation which states that I have sole legal and sole physical custody of our child, and the right to move out of the state of Wisconsin without my ex boyfriend's approval. I left an unsafe relationship to protect my children, but now the court's decision has placed my son in danger. If anything happens to my son, I hold Waukesha County, in Wisconsin fully responsible.

On Sunday, Jacob Allen Trzebiatowski, 30, contacted HNNUSA and wrote, "I thought you all should be aware that Rachel Amell was tried by jury and convicted." He claimed that Amell had made false claims in the HNNUSA article, but he never attempted to challenge her claims due to the ongoing criminal case against Amell. 

So far, in his Facebook messenger massage to HNNUSA, Trzebiatowski didn't explained what false claims Amell had published in her social media accounts and had told HNNUSA in regards to her experience with the alleged corrupt Waukesha County family court system. Which, the Julie Valadez divorce case in Waukesha County had exposed to be one of the most corrupt family court systems in the state. The Waukesha County family court has had a history of not following state laws and Court of Appeals rulings in order to protect children in such cases where alleged abusive fathers are granted custody of children.

Update: On Thursday, October 23, 2025, Trzebiatowski in response to his side of the story told HNNUSA by messenger, "Your article simply says abuse, nothing specific. I had only taken her court because her oldest daughter told me to. Long story short, she was moving to Connecticut to be with someone she met online, and was leaving her kids (including my son) alone in waukesha while she took trips to Connecticut. Waukesha issued temporary orders that my son would not leave Wisconsin. She disobeyed the orders, taking him from my home while I was sleeping. I overslept a supervised visit she had. I never once tried to blame anyone for my fault in that matter. There are several other details that are public knowledge at this point, as anyone in Wisconsin is able to get court transcripts for her criminal trial and the custody matter. I'd recommend reading through those to get an unbiased, factual explanation of what happened. In my opinion, Ms Amell used your network, fabricated things to bring similarity to the Valadez case, and made a mockery of Hispanic heritage knowing that her side would be taken without question. Her name used to be Ramirez, which she changed to Amell to hide criminal records and hide her race. The criminal charge has her listed as Caucasian. It's a very messy situation with anything revolving Rachel and in my opinion, this story won't do your network any good. Hopefully you see the same thing after turning over enough stones for the facts she's hidden from you."

Charlotte Kurek, 31, And Devario Cruz, 21, Arrested In Connection With The Death Of 4-year-old Dante Campbell In West Allis

Campbell was pronounced deceased at a local hospital, according to West Allis police.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 29, 2025

West Allis, Wisconsin - Over the weekend, both Charlotte Kurek, 31, and Devario Cruz, 21, were taken into custody by West Allis police and booked at the Milwaukee County jail in connection with the death of Dante Campbell, 4, in West Allis, according to West Allis police.

Criminal charges are pending for Kurek and Cruz, a cash bond of $25,000 each has been set, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office.

The West Allis Police Department released the following press release, on Saturday, October 18th, 2025, shortly after 8:00 a.m.., the West Allis Emergency Dispatch Center received a call from a female indicating that she was driving to the hospital with her son who was unresponsive. The dispatcher requested the female stop the car, as they were close to a West Allis Fire Department (WAFD) station, and the dispatcher provided CPR instructions to the female. The vehicle pulled over at a business located in the 10800 block of W. Greenfield Ave.

The WAFD responded to the 10800 block of W. Greenfield Ave., and began rendering care to the child. West Allis police officers arrived at the location at approximately 8:06 a.m. and began an investigation into what had occurred. The WAFD transported the 4-year-old male from West Allis to the hospital. Tragically, the boy was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office pronounced Campbell deceased at 8:40 a.m. on Saturday, October 18, 2025.

WAPD detectives have been investigating the incident since Saturday morning. A 21-year-old male (Cruz) and a 31-year-old female (Kurek), both from West Allis, were arrested and remain in custody pertaining to their involvement in this incident. The case remains under investigation and will be referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's office in the upcoming days for a review and decision on criminal charges. Currently, the WAPD is not looking for any additional suspects.

Update: On October 22, 2025, Charlotte Kurek was charged with two felony counts for chronic neglect of a child causing death and chronic neglect of child where harm did not occurred for the death of Campbell.

Devario Cruz was charged with 6 felony counts for 1st-degree reckless homicide, chronic neglect of a child causing death, chronic neglect of child where harm did not occurred, physical abuse of a child causing death, physical abuse of a child causing harm, and possession of THC >200 -1000gr for the death of Campbell.

Campbell's body had multiple severe bruises in the face, neck, torso and limbs, according to the criminal complaint filed against both Kurek and Cruz.