Chicago Salsa Bachata Festival 2025 Postponed Until November, Marcos Ramos-Garcia Co-organizer Resigns, Touch Events Announced

Ramos-Garcia, aka, DJ BachaTito stepping aside (resigns) as a Touch Events co-organizer of the 1Oth Annual Chicago Salsa and Bachata Festival 2025 in Chicago.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 6, 2025

Chicago, Illinois - On Saturday, Touch Events announced that their 10th Annual Chicago Salsa and Bachata Festival 2025 (CSBF) that was scheduled to take place on April 18th at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare has been postponed until November after multiple former dance and festival participants from the Latino dance community had allegedly claimed that they had experienced sexual assault, harassment abuse, and sexual misconduct behavior by multiple individuals involved in the festival at a previous year's event and had brought it up to organizers of the CSBF and nothing was actually done. (HNNUSA article link: http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/03/jose-serrano-owner-of-evolucion-latina.html)

Claire Rebecca, a popular dancer, 2023 Summit Championship Dancer, Miami, Florida, and instructor exposed her experience and alleged sexual assaults by Jose Serrano and Douglas Ortiz who were also involved with the festival, and as her revelation was shared in social media (Facebook), others began to also alleged sexual misconduct and etc., which involved other entertainment personnel of the CSBF including Marcos Ramos-Garcia also known as DJ BachaTito from Milwaukee who is a co-organizer with the CSBF and a registered agent for Lucky 7 Promotions from Milwaukee who contracted Zacarias Ferreira, a Bachata singer to perform at the CSBF on Saturday, April 19th as a separate event at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare. Ramos-Garcia has not confirmed, if Ferreira will be canceled, since the CSBF has postponed its event until November.

HNNUSA has learned that those individuals named by victims of alleged sexual assault and sexual misconduct incidents have not been criminally charged with a crime.

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37-year-old Undocumented Carlos M. Chávez Charged With 2 Felony Counts For Child Pornography In Racine County

Chávez, an undocumented immigrant was taken into custody for downloading multiple videos of child pornography and is on hold by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the City of Racine.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 5, 2025

Racine, Wisconsin - On April 1, Carlos M. Chávez, 37, of Racine was taken into custody after downloading at least 3 child pornography videos from the internet to his Google drive, according to the criminal complaint. The Racine County Sheriff's Office received information in November from the Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Chávez had downloaded 3 videos of child pornography.

Chávez was taken into custody last Tursday by the Racine County Sheriff's Office and has been criminally charged with two felony counts for possession of child pornography.

If convicted, Chávez is facing up to 25 years in prison and up to $100,000 in fines, or both for each count.

Chávez is being held on a cash bond of $25,000, but the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a hold on him, since he is undocumented.

73-year-old María Carlota Alfaro And Son Fatally Shot Several Squatters In Her Property At The Township Of Tlapala In The State Of Mexico, MX

Alfaro and her son fatally shot several squatters in her property after they changed the locks in the home.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 3, 2025

Township of Tlapala, State of Mexico, Mexico - On Tuesday, María Carlota Alfaro, 73, and her son fatally shot several men and wounded a 14-year-old boy in her property in the State of Mexico in Mexico.

About a week ago, multiple squatters had taken over her property and house in Mexico.

According to reports, the shooting incident occurred on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at Alfaro's property in the neighborhood of Unidad Habitacional Ex Hacienda de Guadalupe in the township of Candelaria Tlapala in the municipality of Chalco, State of Mexico in Mexico. 

On April 2, 2025, Municipal police arrested Alfaro, her son Eduardo, and daughter Mariana in connection with the double homicide. Alfaro is facing charges double homicide and attempted murder.

The two man killed by Alfaro and her son were identified as Justin Márquez Torres, 19, and Esau Marquez Cortillo, 51, and a 14-year-old male was wounded in the shooting.

According to information, both Torres and Cortillo exhibited having firearms in social media posts and are believed to be members of the group Sindicato 22 de Octubre (October 22 Syndicate), led by Cortillo, which is known as a squatters organized criminal group that invade homes.

Alfaro and her family had filed complaints with the Chalco authorities that squatters had taken over her property and home, but the corrupt Mexican authorities failed to do anything, so she and her family took it upon themselves to get their property back.

Since the shooting, Alfaro has become as Doña Carlota la sicaria (cartel hitwoman) and memes have gone viral making her into a folklore legend standing up against corruption and squatters.

36-year-old Kevin Ivan López, Co-owner Of Judy's Cantina Mexican Restaurant Charged With 1st-degree Child Sexual Assault-Intercourse With A Person Under 16 And Sexual Assault Of Unconscious Victim In Milwaukee

López posted in social media that he will surrender to police and face charges.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 1, 2025

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On early Tuesday, Kevin Ivan López, 36, the co-owner of Judy's Cantina, a Mexican Restaurant at the 2100 block of N. Farwell Ave., and Doña Judy's taco truck posted on social media that he will turn himself in to police and face charges for 1st-degree child sexual assault - intercourse with a person under 16 and sexual assault of a unconscious victim. A criminal complaint was filed against López on March 28, 2025. Also felony warrant was issued for López on March 29.

López is originally from Mexico City, Mexico.

If convicted, López is facing up to 60 years in prison for 1st-degree child sexual under 16 and up to 40 years in prison and up to $100K in fines, or both for sexual assault of a unconscious victim.

López posted on early Tuesday in his social media (Facebook) account, "By now there's been a lot circulating in regards to what I'm being accused of, I hope anyone who has ever known me can look back and think about the person they've known me to be and have always been and can see how things dont align. As I turn myself in to deal with this head on I hope that the truth comes to light and the system works the way it's intended to. I'm not posting this for sympathy, but for context."

According to the criminal complaint, on the early hours of March 24, 2025, López along with three other individuals after meeting at Judy's Cantina left the restaurant after closing to pickup a 14-year-old girl, and later returned to the closed restaurant and dranked to 4:00 a.m., then they left to an apartment where the 24-year-old female and the 14-year-old girl fell asleep in a bed. The young girl was awaken when she noticed that her 24-year-old sister who was unconscious was being sexually assaulted by López, and he also took photos of her naked with his cellphone. The girl also told police that López then sexually assaulted her while grabbing her arms and held her hands above her head. She told López to stop, but he wouldn't stop, according to the complaint. 

Afterwards, the 24-year-old woman woke up, and her young sister told her what had occurred, and that she did not want to do it with López, but it happened. Both sisters went to the hospital to get medical treatment and to get sexual assault exams.