Thursday, July 18, 2019

City Orders La Luz Del Mundo Religious Group In Milwaukee To Remove Huge Banners From Buildings That Violate Size Banner Ordinance

Several banners displayed on several buildings owned by the religious group La Luz Del Mundo apparently violate City ordinance that limit the size of banners to 25 square feet.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

July 18, 2019

Milwaukee. WI - Religious group ordered by City of Milwaukee Neighborhood Services to remove several huge banners for oversize violation, which depicts their leader Naasón Joaquín García. The banners with his face will remain until the end of July and will be replaced with smaller banners due to City ordinance violation for having prohibited huge banners that exceed the 25 foot limit in front of a building on S. Cesar E. Chavez Dr. The city ordered the church administrators to remove the huge banners or face fines from $150 up to $10K per day after the City inspected the banners on July 11. The City recently received complaints by neighborhood residents about the huge banners after its leader Garcia was charged with multiple child sex crimes,  human trafficking and child  pornography. 
A huge banner adorns La Luz del Mundo church at the 1300 block of S. Cesar E. Chavez Dr. and second banner is placed at another building facing the 1500 block of W. Greenfield Ave. 
According to the criminal complaint filed with the Los Angeles County Superior Court, the California Department of Justice alleges Joaquín García and his co-defendants committed 26 felonies in Southern California over a period of approximately four years.
Earlier this week, Los Angeles County Magistrate David Fields denied bail for García, the leader of La Luz Del Mundo who previously had a $50M bail. Garcia is considered a flight risk and authorities found thousands of child pornography images in his cell phone, which investigators say that he is obsessed with child pornography. Garcia's accomplices: Alondra Ocampo bail was set at $25M, Susana Medina Oaxaca was set free after posting $150K bail and Azalea Rangel Melendez is still at large and is wanted on a felony warrant in California. The defendants are scheduled to return to a court hearing on August 2, 2019.

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