Alleged Pacific Drug Cartel Queen Avila Beltrán Freed From A U.S. Federal Prison

Sandra Avila Beltrán

Avila Beltrán will be deported to Mexico where she is facing additional charges for using elicit drug money to operate a criminal organization, according to her attorney in Mexico.

By H. Nelson Goodson

July 29, 2013

Miami, FL - On Monday, a U.S. District Court of Southern Florida judge decided that Sandra Avila Beltrán, 52, aka, "Pacific Drug Cartel Queen" has served her time and ordered her release. Avila Beltrán was extradited to the U.S. in August and pled guilty to a plea agreement with federal prosecutors for harbouring her boyfriend, a convicted drug dealer.

The Milenio Newspaper reported that Avila Beltrán's Mexican attorney Jorge Alfonso Espino Santillan had said, Mexican federal authorities are expected to arrest his client for using drug money to operate an alleged criminal organization once she returns to Mexico. Mexican federal prosecutors have filed charges in a federal court in the state of Jalisco, according Santillan.
She is facing charges for using elicit drug money to buy multiple million dollar life insurance policies and at least three properties, the Milenio reported.
Avila Beltrán was previously indicted in the U.S. for alleged charges of organized crime and importing large quantities of cocaine to the U.S. for distribution. She was wanted in the U.S. for importing at least 9.6 tons of cocaine in 2001.

She was arrested in Mexico City in 2007 for organized crime and drug trafficking, but was acquitted in 2010 by a Mexican federal judge.

In 2001, she paid several million dollars in ransom for her son's release after he was kidnapped in Mexico drawing attention to the ransom playoff by Mexican federal authorities. 

Avila Beltrán also paid to have a cosmetic doctor perform botox treatments while she was incarcerated.

Avila Betrán was considered ruthless for her tactics used against rival drug cartel members. She is the niece of Miguel Angel Félix Gallardo, who is now serving a 40 year sentence in the U.S. for the homicide of a U.S. DEA agent in 1984.

In January 2010, her great uncle Juan José Quintero Payán, 69, was extradited to the U.S. for drug trafficing, using drug money to invest in U.S. real estate and laundering money, according to a federal indictment. 

In December 2011, Payán who was the founder of the Juarez Cartel was sentenced to 18 years in prison and fined $250,000 by a federal judge in San Antonio, Texas.

Peruanos In Milwaukee Celebrate Their Independence Day

By H. Nelson Goodson

July 29, 2013

Milw., WI - On Sunday, Enrique Henry performed a typical Peruvian cultural dance during the one day Peruvian Independence Day Festival in Milwaukee's south side. The one day event at Wilson Park was sponsored by La Asociación de Peruanos en Milwaukee, WI.

Food, beverages, games, DJ music and other activities took place during the day.

Kitchen Grease Fire Shuts South Side Honey Dip Donuts Down

Popular donut place in Milwaukee's South Side is closed until Monday, police say.

By H. Nelson Goodson

July 27, 2013

Milw., WI - On Saturday, the Honey Dip Donuts restaurant at the 800 block of S. Layton Blvd. was temporarily closed after a grease fire was reported just before 8:00 p.m., according to police. Police say, no one was reported injured and the grease fire was under control. Honey Dip Donuts is expected to open by Monday.

Milwaukee's First Latino Carnaval 2013 Parade And Festival

Juan Carlos Ruiz

Photos: HNG/HNNUSA

More than a thousand participated in the First Latino Carnaval in Milwaukee's south side.

By H. Nelson Goodson

July 27, 2013

Milw., WI - On Saturday,  the First Latino Carnaval parade and music festival with more than one thousand participants began at the 1100 block of W. National Ave. and made its way eastbound to the lakefront, ending at the Wherehouse Night Club festival grounds, 818 S. Water St. At the Wherehouse grounds, food, music and other events continued until late afternoon.

The 58 degree and cloudy cool weather didn't keep the hundreds of festivalgoers from attending. Saturday's Latino Carnaval grand parade was part of a week long celebration of Latino cultures represented in Milwaukee, according to Juan Carlos Ruiz, this year's coordinator of the Latino Carnaval and Grand Parade. Ruiz said, the event was sponsored by 34 partners that included JCS Consulting Solutions, LLC and other institutions, organizations, businesses and community groups to present a diversity of cultures and a celebration of their rich folkloric cultures that includes a variety of flavors of food, music and dance combined to bring a "Carnaval" celebration setting from each of the Latino Amercian countries represented in Milwaukee. This year's Latino Carnaval honorary Queen title went to Maria Monreal-Cameron, according to Ruiz.
The Latino Carnaval (LC) held a Salsa and Bachata dance competition at the event and the 1st place winners were Beth Weinrich and Jason Weinrich who won a trip to Mexico, according to Daniel Balderas, an LC Committee member.
This year's organizing committee for the Latino Carnaval (Carnival) were, Amber Rivard, Jaime Bernabe, Karen Valeria V., Paul Mueller, Daniel Balderas, Toni Ordoñez-Hodge, Barbara Leigh, Kathleen End, Julio Pabon and Adam Smith.

Marisa Hernández, Erica Hernández and H. Nelson Goodson posed for the crowds during the Latino Carnaval festival at the Wherehouse Night Club grounds.

Photos: HNG/HNNUSA

Photos: HNG/HNNUSA

Photos: HNG/HNNUSA

Photos: HNG/HNNUSA

Photos: HNG/HNNUSA

City Inspector Removed From Post After Humiliating Mexican Child And Stealing Cigarettes From Basket

Juan Diego López Jiménez, a city inspector is seen holding the child's basket, as the child is forced to throw his candy on the ground.

Juan Diego López Jiménez, Carmen Torres Díaz and Feliciano Díaz Díaz

A city inspector stole three packages of cigarettes from a child he humiliated and forced to dump candy on the ground at the Municipality of the Centro de la Zona Luz in Villahermosa, Tabasco.

By H. Nelson Goodson

July 26, 2013

Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico - On Thursday, city inspector Juan Diego López Jiménez was removed from his post a day after a news video showed him humiliating a child vendor, identified as Feliciano "Manuelito" Díaz Díaz, 10, and forcing him to throw his candy on the ground as he cried. Jiménez is now accused of stealing three packages of cigarettes from the child's basket and has been remove permanently from his job. Legal proceedings have been initiated against Jiménez and another woman, a city worker identified as Carmen Torres Díaz, according to Faustino Adolfo Torres Álvarez, the director of promoting Economic and Tourism in the municipality. 

Several other vendors within a four block area near the municipality building where Jiménez had worked have made public statements to state authorities that Jiménez and other city inspectors have been extorting between $50 to $100 pesos ($5 to $10 dollars) daily from 50 area vendors. The vendors also have alleged that the city inspector coordinator, Eduardo Miguel Osorio López has allowed the extortions to take place, according an initial investigation by the Tabasco State Justice Department. 

On Wednesday, a Youtube video posted by Channel TVX 16 shows Jiménez, a city inspector from the Municipality of Centro de la Zona Luz in Villahermosa forcing a child to throw his candy to the ground because Jiménez was going to confiscate his basket. A TVX news reporter caught the action in public.

The child was caught selling his candy in front of a bank and then was taken by Jiménez to the municipality building grounds where the child was forced to throw his candy away. Municipality officials says, that the child is a minor and shouldn't be selling candy in public. The Tabasco state government officials initiated an investigation to what some public officials are saying, is an abuse of authority by Jiménez, who is seen in the video.

The child is heard crying while Jiménez is laughing as a woman, identified as Carmen Torres Díaz another city worker looks on. Afterwards Jiménez left the basket and walks away with three packages of cigarettes when onlookers told the Jiménez "it's enough" and to leave the child alone.

Another unidentified man looking at what was going on decides to help the child pick up his candy, as the child is humiliated and continues to cry in the scene.

News anchor reporters alleged that Jiménez might have wanted a $40.00 dollars ($500 pesos) bribe from the child who is trying to earn an honest wage instead of engaging in criminal activities as some children are forced to do so.

Jiménez as he leaves the scene, shows no shame of what he did, according to reporters.
Both Jiménez and Díaz are facing charges for theft and abuse of authority.
On Friday, Arturo Nuñez, the Governor of Tabasco in a statement said, the state will give the child and his family "a scholarship, as well as all medical and psychological help for the boy."
The child has gone back to his Tzotzil Indian village in Chamula, Chiapas for fear of retribution by Villahermosa city officials, according to his aunt María Díaz Díaz. She brought the child to Villahermosa about a week ago after the child wanted to work for the summer to earn enough money to buy school supplies. He lives with his grandparents in Chiapas, according to his aunt.

TVX news video at link: http://youtu.be/EBadmTd4nHg


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Vásquez Selected As the First Ms. Mexican Fiesta Ambassador 2013

Vanessa Vásquez

Photo: Facebook

The new Ms. Ambassador title replaced the outgoing Miss Mexican Fiesta Queen title for the Wisconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation, Inc.

By H. Nelson Goodson

July 25, 2013

Milwaukee, WI - On Thursday, the Wisconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation,  Inc. (WHSF) announced that Vanessa Vásquez, 23, was selected as the first Ms. Mexican Fiesta Ambassador for 2013. Vásquez "will be responsible for the representation of the foundation promoting the importance of education and leadership within the Hispanic community...(Her) professional and educational experience complements the continuous commitment to bringing empowerment, resources and educational opportunities to the Hispanic community," WHSF wrote in a Facebook posting.

Vásquez was selected on July 20, but she will officially be recognized at the annual Mexican Fiesta three day Summerfest lakefront festival on Friday, August 23. 

Vásquez is currently an Admissions Counselor at Alverno College and is working on her Master's degree in Adult Education. She received her undergraduate degree in 2012 from Alverno. Vásquez is formerly Ms. Alverno 2011.

On May 25, 2008, Vásquez was crowned Miss St. Adalbert's (St. Adalberto) Catholic Church Festival Queen. Her parents are Esperanza and Salvador Vásquez who are originally from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

The Ms. Mexican Fiesta Ambassador representative search was initiated three months ago, according Leticia Ramirez-Cervantes. Ramirez-Cervantes and Jasmine Medina both coordinated the new Ambassador program after a three year absence of the Miss Mexican Fiesta pageant. 

Ramirez-Cervantes stated, "Both Jasmine and I are grateful to have initiated such an empowering program for young Mexican women. Our primary goal is to showcase the impact that the Wisconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation has on our community, and open the door to resources that often times Hispanic students and their parents are not aware of. In order to develop strong Hispanic women leaders, we need role models who they can identify with. Both Jasmine and I have a graduate degree in Business from Alveno College and are strong advocates for the importance of higher education." To be considered for Ms. Ambassador, women have to range in age from 21 to 30 years old, be a least 25% of Mexican descent, enrolled in college or college graduate, bilingual, would like to become a role model, likes networking events, community service, public speaking and an aspiring professional in the Hispanic community, according to Ramirez-Cervantes.

In brief, Erica Hernández, was crowned Miss Mexican Fiesta in 2009. At the time, she was a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee when she won the title. Her parents are from Zacatecas, Mexico. Erica was the last queen in 2009 to compete and reign as Miss Mexican Fiesta.

WHSF according to its mission statement, it "Provides a cultural and educational environment to enhance and improve academic success of the Hispanic Community while promoting a better understanding of the arts, history, literature, and perpetuation of Hispanic culture.
WHSF assists in opening opportunities for advancement of the quality of life among Hispanics."

Public Official Humiliates And Makes Mexican Child To Dump Candy After Threatening To Confiscate Basket

Child made to dump candy after a public official from the municipality of the Centro de la Zona Luz in Villahermosa, Tabasco forced him to toss the candy away.

By H. Nelson Goodson

July 25, 2013

Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico - A Youtube video posted by Channel TVX 16 on Wednesday shows an official from the Municipality of Centro de la Zona Luz in Villahermosa forcing a child to throw his candy to the ground because he was going to confiscate his basket. A TVX news reporter caught the action in public.

The child was caught selling his candy in front of a bank and then was taken to the municipality building grounds where he was forced to throw his candy away. Municipality officials says, that the child is a minor and shouldn't be selling candy in public, but they have not identified the municipal worker who made the child throw his candy. The Tabasco state government officials have initiated an investigation to what some public officials are saying, is an abuse of authority by the municipal official seen in the video.

The child is heard crying while the public official is laughing as a woman looks on. Afterwards the official left the basket and walks away when onlookers told the official "it's enough." 

Another man looking at what was going on decides to help the child pick up his candy, as the child is humiliated and continues to cry in the scene.

The identity of the official or child have not been released, but news anchor reporters alleged that the official might have wanted a $40.00 dollars ($500 pesos) bribe from the child who is trying to earn an honest wage instead of engaging in criminal activities as some children are forced to do so.

The public official shows no shame of what he did, according to reporters.

TVX video at link: http://youtu.be/EBadmTd4nHg


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